Biology:List of sea anemone families
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Color plate of "Actiniae" (an old term for Actiniaria) from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur (1904).
Actiniaria form an order of animals in the class Anthozoa that includes sea anemones.
Taxonomy
Rodriguez et al. proposed a new classification for the Actiniaria based on extensive DNA results.[1]
Suborders, Superfamilies and Families included in Actiniaria are:
- Suborder Anenthemonae
- Superfamily Edwardsioidea
- Family Edwardsiidae
- Superfamily Actinernoidea
- Family Actinernidae
- Family Halcuriidae
- Superfamily Edwardsioidea
- Suborder Enthemonae
- Superfamily Actinostoloidea
- Family Actinostolidae
- Family Halcampulactidae
- Superfamily Actinioidea
- Family Actiniidae
- Family Actinodendridae
- Family Andresiidae
- Family Capneidae
- Family Condylanthidae
- Family Haloclavidae
- Family Homostichanthidae
- Family Iosactinidae
- Family Limnactiniidae
- Family Liponematidae
- Family Minyadidae
- Family Oractinidae
- Family Phymanthidae
- Family Preactiniidae
- Family Ptychodactinidae
- Family Stichodactylidae
- Family Thalassianthidae
- Superfamily Metridioidea
- Family Acontiophoridae
- Family Actinoscyphiidae
- Family Aiptasiidae
- Family Aiptasiomorphidae
- Family Aliciidae
- Family Amphianthidae
- Family Andvakiidae
- Family Antipodactinidae
- Family Bathyphelliidae
- Family Boloceroididae
- Family Diadumenidae
- Family Exocoelactinidae
- Family Gonactiniidae
- Family Halcampidae
- Family Haliactinidae
- Family Haliplanellidae
- Family Hormathiidae
- Family Isanthidae
- Family Kadosactinidae
- Family Metridiidae
- Family Mimetridiidae
- Family Nemanthidae
- Family Nevadneidae
- Family Octineonidae
- Family Ostiactinidae
- Family Phelliidae
- Family Ramireziidae
- Family Sagartiidae
- Family Sagartiomorphidae
- Superfamily Actinostoloidea
The older classification of the Actiniaria according to Calgren is as follows:[2]
- Suborder Endocoelantheae
- Family Actinernidae
- Family Halcuriidae
- Suborder Nyantheae
- Infraorder Athenaria
- Family Andresiidae
- Family Andwakiidae
- Family Edwardsiidae
- Family Galatheanthemidae
- Family Halcampidae
- Family Halcampoididae
- Family Haliactiidae
- Family Haloclavidae
- Family Ilyanthidae
- Family Limnactiniidae
- Family Octineonidae
- Infraorder Boloceroidaria
- Family Boloceroididae
- Family Nevadneidae
- Infraorder Thenaria
- Family Acontiophoridae
- Family Actiniidae
- Family Actinodendronidae
- Family Actinoscyphiidae
- Family Actinostolidae
- Family Aiptasiidae
- Family Aiptasiomorphidae
- Family Aliciidae
- Family Aurelianidae
- Family Bathyphelliidae
- Family Condylanthidae
- Family Diadumenidae
- Family Discosomidae
- Family Exocoelactiidae
- Family Haliplanellidae
- Family Hormathiidae
- Family Iosactiidae
- Family Isanthidae
- Family Isophelliidae
- Family Liponematidae
- Family Metridiidae
- Family Minyadidae
- Family Nemanthidae
- Family Paractidae
- Family Phymanthidae
- Family Sagartiidae
- Family Sagartiomorphidae
- Family Stichodactylidae
- Family Thalassianthidae
- Infraorder Athenaria
- Suborder Protantheae
- Family Gonactiniidae
- Suborder Ptychodacteae
- Family Preactiidae
- Family Ptychodactiidae
References
- ↑ Rodríguez, E., Barbeitos, M. S., Brugler, M.R., Crowley, L. M., Grajales, A., Gusmão, L., Häussermann, V., Reft, A. & Daly, M. (2104). Hidden among sea anemones: The first comprehensive phylogenetic reconstruction of the order Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) reveals a novel group of hexacorals. PLoS ONE 9(5): e96998. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096998
- ↑ Carlgren O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. K Svenska VetenskapsAkad Handl 1: 1–121.
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