Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Actiniaria > Suborder Enthemonae > Superfamily Actinioidea > Family Actiniidae > Genus Actinia

Actinia cari Delle Chiaje, 1822

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Actinia*	Linnaeus, 1767	accepted genus name
*Actinea*		orthographic variant
*Priapus*	Forsskål, 1775	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: green sea anemone sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Gürtelrose; Ringelrose sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Λωριδανεμόνα

Literature

original description	Delle Chiaje, Stefano. (1822 [1830]). Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del regno di Napoli.
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additional source	Pax, F. (1907). Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der Familie Actiniidae. Königl. Universität Breslau. Breslau., pp. 87.
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Genbank

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Actinia cari Delle Chiaje, 1822. 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:100801