WoRMS taxon details
Anthopleura handi Dunn, 1978
283352 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283352)
accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Dunn, D. F. (1978). Anthopleura handi n. sp. (Coelenterata, Actiniaria), an internally brooding, intertidal sea anemone from Malaysia. Wasmann Journal of Biology, 35(1): 54-64
page(s): 54-63 [details]
page(s): 54-63 [details]
Holotype CAS 15674, geounit Malaysian Exclusive...
Holotype CAS 15674, geounit Malaysian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Anthopleura handi Dunn, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283352 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
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Dunn, D. F. (1978). Anthopleura handi n. sp. (Coelenterata, Actiniaria), an internally brooding, intertidal sea anemone from Malaysia. Wasmann Journal of Biology, 35(1): 54-64
page(s): 54-63 [details]
basis of record den Hartog, J. C. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). As a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 54-63 [details]
basis of record den Hartog, J. C. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). As a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Dunn, Daphne Fautin (1982) Sexual reproduction of two intertidal sea anemone (Coelenterata: Actinaria) in Malaysia, Biotropica 14: 262-271
page(s): 262-265, 267-270 [details]
additional source Yanagi, K. & Daly, M. (2004). The hermaphroditic sea anemone Anthopleura atodai n. sp. (Anthozoa: Actiniaria : Actiniidae) from Japan, with a redescription of A. hermaphroditica. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 117(3): 408-422.
page(s): 408-409, 418-420 [details]
additional source England, K. W. (1992). Actiniaria (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Hong Kong with additional data on smiliar species from Aden, Bahrain and Singapore. <em>In Proceedings of the fourth international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.). The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China III. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 1, 49-95.
page(s): 66 [details]
additional source England, K. W. (1987). Certain Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the Red Sea and tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), 53(4): 205-292
page(s): 206, 210, 239, 244 fig. 20, 245-248 [details]
additional source Excoffon, A. C.; Zamponi, M. O. (1988). La fauna bentonica de Barckley Sound. II. Enmienda a las diagnosis de los generos Epiactis Verrill, 1869 y Cnidopus Carlgren, 1934 (Actiniaria: Actiniidae) y algunos aspectos sobre la viviparidad de Cnidopus ritteri (Torrey, 1902). Physis (Buenos Aires), 46A(111): 43-49
page(s): 48 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G. (1988). Sea anemones (Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia) of Madang Province. Science in New Guinea, 14(1): 22-29
page(s): 23-24, Tab. 1 [details]
additional source Pei, Z. (1998). Coelenterata Actiniaria Ceriantharia Zoanthidea. Science Press. Beijing., pp. 286.
page(s): 98, 232 [details]
additional source Pei, Z. (1995). Description of Anthopleura qingdaoensis. Studia Marina Sinica, 10(36): 227-234
page(s): 229, 231 [details]
additional source Geller, J. B.; Fitzgerald, L. J.; King, C. E. (2005). Fission in sea anemones: Integrative studies of life cycle evolution. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 45, 615-622
page(s): 617 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G.; Crowther, A. L.; Wallace, C. C. (2008). Sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 54(1): 35-64
page(s): 35, 38, 39, 40, 44-45 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G.; Tan, S. H.; Tan, R. (2009). Sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) of Singapore: abundant and well-known shallow-water species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 22, 121-143
page(s): 121, 123, 126-127, 128, 141 [details]
additional source Chen, C.; Soong, K.; Chen, C. A. (2008). The smallest oocytes among broadcast-spawning actiniarians and a unique lunar reproductive cycle in a unisexual population of the sea anemone, Aiptasia pulchella (Anthozoa: Actiniaria). Zoological Studies, 47(1): 37-45
page(s): 38, 42 [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Dunn, D. F. (1982). Cnidaria. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York and other cities., volume 1, pp. 669-706
page(s): 694 [details]
additional source Geller, J. B.; Walton, E. D. (2001). Breaking up and getting together: evolution of symbiosis and cloning by fission in sea anemones (genus Anthopleura). Evolution, 55(9): 1781-1794
page(s): 1782, 1783, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1791 [details]
additional source Dunn, Daphne Fautin (1982) Sexual reproduction of two intertidal sea anemone (Coelenterata: Actinaria) in Malaysia, Biotropica 14: 262-271
page(s): 262-265, 267-270 [details]
additional source Yanagi, K. & Daly, M. (2004). The hermaphroditic sea anemone Anthopleura atodai n. sp. (Anthozoa: Actiniaria : Actiniidae) from Japan, with a redescription of A. hermaphroditica. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 117(3): 408-422.
page(s): 408-409, 418-420 [details]
additional source England, K. W. (1992). Actiniaria (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Hong Kong with additional data on smiliar species from Aden, Bahrain and Singapore. <em>In Proceedings of the fourth international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.). The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China III. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 1, 49-95.
page(s): 66 [details]
additional source England, K. W. (1987). Certain Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the Red Sea and tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), 53(4): 205-292
page(s): 206, 210, 239, 244 fig. 20, 245-248 [details]
additional source Excoffon, A. C.; Zamponi, M. O. (1988). La fauna bentonica de Barckley Sound. II. Enmienda a las diagnosis de los generos Epiactis Verrill, 1869 y Cnidopus Carlgren, 1934 (Actiniaria: Actiniidae) y algunos aspectos sobre la viviparidad de Cnidopus ritteri (Torrey, 1902). Physis (Buenos Aires), 46A(111): 43-49
page(s): 48 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G. (1988). Sea anemones (Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia) of Madang Province. Science in New Guinea, 14(1): 22-29
page(s): 23-24, Tab. 1 [details]
additional source Pei, Z. (1998). Coelenterata Actiniaria Ceriantharia Zoanthidea. Science Press. Beijing., pp. 286.
page(s): 98, 232 [details]
additional source Pei, Z. (1995). Description of Anthopleura qingdaoensis. Studia Marina Sinica, 10(36): 227-234
page(s): 229, 231 [details]
additional source Geller, J. B.; Fitzgerald, L. J.; King, C. E. (2005). Fission in sea anemones: Integrative studies of life cycle evolution. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 45, 615-622
page(s): 617 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G.; Crowther, A. L.; Wallace, C. C. (2008). Sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 54(1): 35-64
page(s): 35, 38, 39, 40, 44-45 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G.; Tan, S. H.; Tan, R. (2009). Sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) of Singapore: abundant and well-known shallow-water species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 22, 121-143
page(s): 121, 123, 126-127, 128, 141 [details]
additional source Chen, C.; Soong, K.; Chen, C. A. (2008). The smallest oocytes among broadcast-spawning actiniarians and a unique lunar reproductive cycle in a unisexual population of the sea anemone, Aiptasia pulchella (Anthozoa: Actiniaria). Zoological Studies, 47(1): 37-45
page(s): 38, 42 [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Dunn, D. F. (1982). Cnidaria. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York and other cities., volume 1, pp. 669-706
page(s): 694 [details]
additional source Geller, J. B.; Walton, E. D. (2001). Breaking up and getting together: evolution of symbiosis and cloning by fission in sea anemones (genus Anthopleura). Evolution, 55(9): 1781-1794
page(s): 1782, 1783, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1791 [details]





Holotype CAS 15674, geounit Malaysian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype BMNH 1983.8.24.51-60, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype KUNHM 2920, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MTQ G58747, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MTQ G58759, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NTM C2263 [details]
Nontype NTM C2920, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype NTM C3584, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype ZRC ZRC.CNI.0058, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZRC ZRC.CNI.0059, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZRC ZRC.CNI.0060, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZRC ZRC.CNI.0061, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZRC ZRC.CNI.0062, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZRC ZRC.CNI.0063, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZRC ZRC.CNI.0064, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZRC ZRC.CNI.0065, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZRC ZRC.CNI.0247, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZRC ZRC.CNI.0271, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZRC ZRC.CNI.0272, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZRC ZRC.CNI.0273, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZRC ZRC.CNI.0274, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZRC ZRC.CNI.0387, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZRC ZRC.CNI.0388, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype BPBM D 515, geounit Malaysian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype BPBM D 516, geounit Malaysian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype BPBM D 517, geounit Malaysian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype CAS 15675, geounit Malaysian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype CAS 15676, geounit Malaysian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype CAS 15677, geounit Malaysian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 56557, geounit Malaysian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 56558, geounit Malaysian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]