Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Actiniaria > Suborder Enthemonae > Superfamily Metridioidea > Family Amphianthidae

Stephanauge Verrill, 1899

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stephanactis*	Hertwig, 1882	synonym

Children

Stephanauge acanellae (Verrill, 1883)
Stephanauge impedita (Gravier, 1918)
Stephanauge inornata (Gravier, 1918)

Literature

original description	Verrill, A. E. (1899). Descriptions of imperfectly known and new actinians, with critical notes on other species. American Journal of Science, 7: 41-50, 143-146, 205-218, 375-380
basis of record	van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 106-109
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1945). Further contributions to the knowledge of the cnidom in the Anthozoa especially in the Actiniaria. Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets Handlingar, 56, N.F., (9): 1-24
additional source	Fautin, D. G.; Zelenchuk, T.; Raveendran, D. (2007). Genera of orders Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia), and their type species. Zootaxa. 1668: 183-244.
additional source	Sanamyan, N. P. (2003). New record of Oceanactis diomedeae (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Oractiidae) and systematic position of the genera Oceanactis and Oractis. Species Diversity, 8, 93-101
additional source	Belcik, F. P. (1977). A distribution study of the Octocorallia of Oregon. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 24(1-3): 49-52
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar. 1: 1–121.
additional source	Dufaure, J. P. (1959). Une nouvelle actinie: Parastephanauge paxi, gen. nov., sp. nov. Bulletin de la Societé Zoologique de France, 84(1): 86-91
additional source	Doumenc D. & Foubert A. (1984). Microinformatique et taxonomie des actinies: Cle mondiale des genres. Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, 60, 1, 43-86.

Genbank

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Stephanauge Verrill, 1899. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100763