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Actiniaria
Description | Sea anemones are a group of marine, predatory animals of the order Actiniaria. They are named after the anemone, a terrestrial flowering plant, because of the colourful appearance of many. Sea anemones are classified in the phylum Cnidaria, class Anthozoa, subclass Hexacorallia. As cnidarians, sea anemones are related to corals, jellyfish, tube-dwelling anemones, and Hydra. Unlike jellyfish, sea anemones do not have a medusa stage in their life cycle. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actiniaria, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | order | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Actiniaria | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Common Name | sea anemone | |||||||||||||||||||||
Scientific Name | Actiniaria | |||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (25%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 635 - 541 Ma Neoproterozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached | |||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder | |||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | ECOSPACE CODE: 365 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | Anemones, Sea Anemones, Actinies, Anémones, Sea Anemone, Seeanemonen, Zeeanemonen, イソギンチャク, Havsanemoner, Actinians | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actiniaria |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Acontiophoridae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Acricoactinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Actinernidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Actiniidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Actinodendridae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Actinoscyphiidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Actinostolidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Aiptasiidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Aiptasiomorphidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Aliciidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Amphianthidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Andresiidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Andvakiidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Antheidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Antheomorphidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Antipodactinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Aurelianidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Bathyphelliidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Boloceroididae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Capneidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Condylanthidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Diadumenidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Edwardsiidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Exocoelactiidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Exocoelactinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Galatheanthemidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Gonactiniidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Halcampidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Halcampulactidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Halcuriidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Haliactinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Haliplanellidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Haloclavidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Homostichanthidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hormathiidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ilyanthidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Iosactiidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Iosactinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Isanthidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Isophelliidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Kadosactinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Limnactiniidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Liponematidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Metridiidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Minyadidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nemanthidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nevadneidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Octineonidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Oractiidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ostiactinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Paractidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Phelliidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Phymanthidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Polyopidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Preactiniidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ptychodactinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Relicanthidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Sagartiidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Sagartiomorphidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Sarcophinanthidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spongiactinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Stichodactylidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Thalassianthidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Actinodactylus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Anactis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Archisaccophyllia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Beltanelliformis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 17 | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | |
Chermadion genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chrysoela genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corticifera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cyrtactis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cystiactis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Eumenides genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Halcampomorphe genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Inaria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Kalliphobe genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Leiotealia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mackenzia ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
Nemactis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Paractis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Petalactis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Physactis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Robsonactis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spyractis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Taractostephanus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Thelactis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tilesia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Urtica genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Williamsactis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Xianguangia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2002 | Actiniaria Sepkoski, Jr. |
2007 | Actinaria Bambach et al. p. S80 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!