Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Actiniaria > Suborder Anenthemonae > Superfamily Actinernoidea > Family Actinernidae

Actinernus Verrill, 1879

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Actinernus michaelsarsi Carlgren, 1918

Literature

original description	Verrill, A.E. (1879). Art. XLI. Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America, no. 5. American Journal of Science and Arts. ser. 3 v. 17: 472-474.
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. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar. 1: 1–121.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
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.
additional source	Haddon, A. C. (1890). Report on the Actiniæ dredged off the south-west coast of Ireland in May, 1888. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, I, 3, (3): 370-374
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1925). A revision of the Actiniaria of the Chilka Lake. Arkiv für Zoologi, 17A(21): 1-21
additional source	Haddon, A. C. (1898). The Actiniaria of Torres Straits. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, 6, 2, 393-520
additional source	Dunn, D. F. (1982). Cnidaria. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York and other cities., volume 1, pp. 669-706
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	Ardelean, A. (2003). Reinterpretation of some tentacular structures in actinodendronid and thalassianthid sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 31-40
additional source	Rodríguez, E.; López-González, P. J.; Gili, J. (2007). Biogeography of Antarctic sea anemones (Anthozoa, Actiniaria): what do they tell us about the origin of the Antarctic benthic fauna?. Deep-Sea Research II, 54, 1876-1904

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Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Actinernus Verrill, 1879. 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:100691