Actiniidae

Actiniidae
Anemonia sulcata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Actiniaria
Superfamily: Actinioidea
Family: Actiniidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Genera
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Actiniidae is the largest family of sea anemones, to which most common, temperate, shore species belong. Most members of this family do not participate in symbioses with fishes. Three exceptions are the bubble-tip anemone (with anemonefish and certain cardinalfish), snakelocks anemone (with Incognito goby) and Urticina piscivora (with painted greenling).

The systematics of Actiniidae is often quite difficult. The problem with identification of genera within this family is that most species are readily distinguishable when alive but when fixated lose their color and some other features. Arrangement of tentacles is important in defining genera for Actiniaria families. There may be one tentacle per space between mesenteries or there may be more than one tentacle between each two mesenteries. Members of the family Actiniidae have one tentacle per space.

Genera

There are over 300 recognized species in 57 genera in Actiniidae. Genera in this family include:

References

  1. ↑ Lieske, E.; and R. Myers (1999). Coral Reef Fishes. ISBN 0-691-00481-1
  2. ↑ Patzner, R.A. (5 July 2017). "Gobius incognitus". Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Fretwell, K.; and B. Starzomski (2014). Painted greenling. Archived 15 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine Biodiversity of the Central Coast. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Actiniidae Rafinesque, 1815". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 25 October 2024.