WoRMS name details
Gyractis excavata Boveri, 1893
290053 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290053)
unaccepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Boveri, T. (1893). Das Genus Gyractis, eine radial-symmetrische Actinienform. Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung für Systematik, 7, 241-253
page(s): 250-251 [details]
page(s): 250-251 [details]
Note Type species of *Gyractis* by subsequent...
Type species Type species of *Gyractis* by subsequent designation (Fautin et al., 2007). Authorship in agreement with Neave (1939b). For further discussion of nomenclatural issues, see England (1987) and Fautin et al. (2007). [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Gyractis excavata Boveri, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290053 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Boveri, T. (1893). Das Genus Gyractis, eine radial-symmetrische Actinienform. Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung für Systematik, 7, 241-253
page(s): 250-251 [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): 250-251 [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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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): 68 [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): 205, 206, 208, 212-213, 255-261 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1896). Jahresbericht über die Anthozoen für die Jahre 1892 und 1893. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 62, 3, (2): 145-180
page(s): 175 [details]
additional source Daly, M. (2003). The anatomy, terminology, and homology of acrorhagi and pseudoacrorhagi in sea anemones. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 89-101
page(s): 96, 98 [details]
additional source Daly, M.; den Hartog, J. C. (2004). Taxonomy, circumscription, and usage in Anthopleura (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine Science, 74(2): 401-421
page(s): 410 [details]
additional source Acuña, F. H.; Griffiths, C. L. (2004). Species richness, endemicity and distribution patterns of South African sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria & Corallimorpharia). African Zoology, 39(2): 193-200
page(s): 196 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G.; Zelenchuk, T.; Raveendran, D. (2007). Genera of orders Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia), and their type species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1668: 183-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.12
page(s): 205 [details] Available for editors
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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): 68 [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): 205, 206, 208, 212-213, 255-261 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1896). Jahresbericht über die Anthozoen für die Jahre 1892 und 1893. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 62, 3, (2): 145-180
page(s): 175 [details]
additional source Daly, M. (2003). The anatomy, terminology, and homology of acrorhagi and pseudoacrorhagi in sea anemones. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 89-101
page(s): 96, 98 [details]
additional source Daly, M.; den Hartog, J. C. (2004). Taxonomy, circumscription, and usage in Anthopleura (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine Science, 74(2): 401-421
page(s): 410 [details]
additional source Acuña, F. H.; Griffiths, C. L. (2004). Species richness, endemicity and distribution patterns of South African sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria & Corallimorpharia). African Zoology, 39(2): 193-200
page(s): 196 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G.; Zelenchuk, T.; Raveendran, D. (2007). Genera of orders Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia), and their type species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1668: 183-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.12
page(s): 205 [details] Available for editors






Nontype BMNH 1983.8.24.11-20, geounit Maldives Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype BMNH 1983.8.24.21-40, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype BMNH 1983.8.25.1-10, 41-50, geounit Yemeni Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype UMZ Co 177, geounit Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Type species Type species of *Gyractis* by subsequent designation (Fautin et al., 2007). Authorship in agreement with Neave (1939b). For further discussion of nomenclatural issues, see England (1987) and Fautin et al. (2007). [details]