Actinothoe sphyrodeta (Gosse, 1858)

AphiaID: 100986

sandalled anemone

Biota (Superdominio) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Actiniaria (Order) > Enthemonae (Suborder) > Metridioidea (Superfamily) > Sagartiidae (Family) > Actinothoe (Genero)

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OMARE records: 213
OBIS records: 0

Identifying features

  • Uneven translucent dirty white or grey column with longitudinal stripes.
  • White, translucent tentacles.
  • White or bright yellow/pale orange disc with vague dark markings at tentacle bases.
  • Up to 120 tentacles.
  • Tentacles span up to 3 cm across the disc.
  • Diameter of column base up to 2 cm.

Conservation Status

Synonyms

Actinia candida Gosse, 1853
Actinothoe (Sagartia) sphyrodeta (Gosse, 1858)
Actinothoe sphyrodeta candida Gosse
Actinothoe sphyrodeta xanthopis Gosse
Sagartia (Actinothoe) sphyrodeta (Gosse, 1858)
Sagartia candida
Sagartia sphyrodeta Gosse, 1858
Sagartia sphyrodita
Thoe sphyrodeta (Gosse, 1858)

International References

Ballerstedt, S. 2007. Actinothoe sphyrodeta Sandalled anemone. In Tyler-Walters H. and Hiscock K. (eds) Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Reviews, [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Available from: http://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/detail/1872

additional source Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. [details]

additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World., available online at http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/Hexacoral/Anemone2/ [details]

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 [details]

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. , available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20191018194704/http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/Hexacoral/Anemone2/ [details]

additional source Robins, M.W., 1969. The marine flora and fauna of the Isles of Scilly.Cnidaria e Ctenophora. J. nat. Hist. 3 : 329-343. [details]

additional source Teissier, G., 1950. Inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Cnidaires et cténaires. Trav. biol. Roscoff. n. ser. suppl. 1: 1-43. [details]

additional source Ates, R. M. L.; Dekker, R.; Faasse, M. A.; den Hartog, J. C. (1998). The occurrence of Sagartia elegans (Dalyell, 1848) (Anthozoa: Actiniaria) in the Netherlands. Zoologische Verhandelingen. 323: 263-276. [details]

additional source Ocaña, Oscar; Den Hartog, J.C. (2002). A catalogue of Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia from the Canary Islands and from Madeira, Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences. 19A: 33-54. [details]

additional source den Hartog J.C., Ates R.M.L. (2011). Actiniaria from Ria de Arosa, Galicia, northwestern Spain, in the Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Leiden. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 85 (2): 11-53. [details]

additional source Manuel, R. L. (1981). British Anthozoa. London: Academic Press. 241 pp. (Synopses of the British Fauna). [details]

additional source Cutress, B. D. (1961). Habrosanthus bathamae, n. gen., n. sp. (Actiniaria: Sagartiidae) from New Zealand. In: Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 1: 95-101. [details]

additional source Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar. 1: 1–121. [details]

additional source Harms, J. (1993). Check list of species (algae, invertebrates and vertebrates) found in the vicinity of the island of Helgoland (North Sea, German Bight) – a review of recent records. Helgolaender Meeresuntersuchungen, 47(1): 1-34, available online at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02366182 [details]

additional source den Hartog, J. C. (1977). Notes on the little known sea anemone Cataphellia brodricii and on the closely allied Hormathia coronata and Paraphellia expansa (Actiniaria, Hormathiidae). Netherlands Journal of Zoology, 27(3): 237-244 [details]

additional source Manuel, R. L. (1977). A redescription of Edwardsia beautempsi and E. timida (Actiniaria: Edwardsidae). Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 18, 483-497 [details]

additional source Nafilyan, Z. (1912). Matériaux pour la faune des Actinies des côtes de France. Les Actinies de Roscoff. Memoirs of the Society of Zoology of France, 25, 5-44 [details]

additional source den Hartog, J. C. (1970). Verslag betreffende onderzoek aan zeeanemonen te Plymouth gedurende het tijdvak tussen 3 juni 1969 en 27 augustus 1969. Verslag van de Gewone Vergadering van de Afdeling Natuurkunde Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, 79(6): 96-100 [details]

additional source Ates, R. M. L. (1982). De Viltkokeranemoon – Cerianthus lloydii. Het Aquarium Maandblad voor Aquarium-, Terrarium- en Insektariumkunde, 52(3): 80-84 [details]

additional source Williams, R. B. (1997). Actinothoe sphyrodeta (Cnidaria, Actiniaria): The first records from Portugal and the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 77, 245-248 [details]

additional source Ates, R. M. L. (1997). Bloemdieren: De Zeeanemonen En Hun Verwanten Van De Nederlandse Kust. C. Moerman. Zeeanjer., pp. 31. [details]

additional source Teissier, G. (1965). Inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Station Biologique de Roscoff. Roscoff., pp. 62. [details]

additional source Daly, M.; Gusmão, L.; Reft, A. J.; Rodríguez, E. (2010). Phylogenetic signal in mitochondrial and nuclear markers in sea anemones (Cnidaria, Actiniaria). Integrative and Comparative Biology, 50(3): 371-388 [details]

additional source Ramil Blanco, F.; Pulpeiro, E. F. (1990). Inventario de los antozoos de Galicia. A checklist of the Anthozoa from Galicia. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 86(1-4): 17-30 [details]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. [details]

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