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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.

Suborders, Superfamilies and Families included in Actiniaria are:

The older classification of the Actiniaria according to Calgren is as follows:

References

  1. 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
  2. Carlgren O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. K Svenska VetenskapsAkad Handl 1: 1–121.

External links

Actiniaria classification

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