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Stichodactyla mertensii Brandt, 1835

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Brandt, J. F. (1835). Polypos, acalephas discophoras et siphonophoras, nec non echinodermata continens. Sumptibus Academiae. Petropoli [St. Petersburg]., volume 1, pp. 75. https://www.marinespecies.org/actiniaria/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=418882

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Cnidaria
class
Anthozoa
order
Actiniaria
family
Stichodactylidae
genus
Stichodactyla
species
Stichodactyla mertensii

Name

Synonyms
Stichodactyla meretensii
Homonyms
Stichodactyla mertensii Brandt, 1835
Common names
Anémone de Mertens in French
Anêmona-carpete-de-Mertens in Portuguese
Merten's carpet anemone in English
Merten's carpet anemone in English
Merten's sea anemone in English
Merten's sea anemone in English
Merten's sea anemone in English
Mertens Anemone in German
Mertens' sea anemone in English
Mertens' sea anemone in English
anemone tappeto di mertens in Italian
saddle anemone in English
saddle anemone in English
sasanka Mertensova in Czech
アラビアハタゴイソギンチャク in Japanese
アラビアハタゴイソギンチャク in Japanese
梅氏列指海葵 in Chinese
Merten's carpet anemone in English
Merten's sea anemone in English
Mertens' sea anemone in English
saddle anemone in English
アラビアハタゴイソギンチャク in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. 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
  2. Alegre-Cebollada, J.; Oñaderra, M.; Gavilanes, J. G.; Martínez del Pozo, A. (2007). Sea anemone actinoporins: the transition from a folded soluble state to a functionally active membrane-bound oligomeric pore. Current Protein and Peptide Science, 8, 558-572
  3. Andres, A. (1883). Le Attinie (Monografia). Coi Tipi der Salviucci. Roma., volume 1 (Bibliografia, introduzione e specigrafia), pp. 460.
  4. Andres, A. (1883). Le Attinie. Atti dell' Accademia de Lincei, 14, 3, Memorie, 211-673
  5. Andres, A. (1884). Le attinie. Volume primo, contente bibliografia, introduzione e specigrafia. 10.5962/bhl.title.35877
  6. Arvedlund, M.; Bundgaard, I.; Nielsen, L. E. (2000). Host imprinting in anemonefishes (Pisces: Pomacentridae): does it dictate spawning site preferences?. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 58, 203-213
  7. Arvedlund, M.; Iwao, K.; Brolund, T. M.; Takemura, A. (2006). Juvenile Thalassoma amblycephalum Bleeker (Labridae, Teleostei) dwelling among the tentacles of sea anemones: a cleanerfish with an unusual talent?. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 329, 161-173
  8. Astalhov, D. A. (2002). Species composition of anemonefishes (Perciformes, Pomacentridae) and their host sea anemones (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) in the Khanhhoa Province (South Vietnam). Journal of Ichthyology, 42(1): 37-50
  9. Bennett-Smith, M. F.; Justo, M. S.; Berumen, M. L.; Peixoto, R.; Titus, B. M. (2022). Novel in situ observations of asexual reproduction in the carpet sea anemone, Stichodactyla mertensii (Stichodactylidae, Actiniaria). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1103: 57-63.
  10. Bennett-Smith, M. F.; Majoris, J. E.; Titus, B. M.; Berumen, M. L. (2021). Clownfish hosting anemones (Anthozoa, Actiniaria) of the Red Sea: new associations and distributions, historical misidentifications, and morphological variability. <em>Marine Biodiversity Records.</em> 14(1). 10.1186/s41200-021-00216-6
  11. Bos, A. R. (2011). Clownfishes Amphiprion clarkii and A. sandaracinos (Pomacentridae) coexist in the sea anemone Stichodactyla mertensii. Coral Reefs, 30, 369
  12. Brandt, J. F. (1834-1835). Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio observatorum : fascic. I. Polypos, Acalephas Discophoras et Siphonophoras, nec non Echinodermata continens. <em>Recueil des Actes de la Séance Publique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg.</em> 1834: 201-275.
  13. Chintiroglou, C. C.; Doumenc, D. A.; Le Renard, J.; Foubert, A.; Kolyva-Machaira, P. (1996). Classification of cnidarian nematocysts using multivariate and digital image analysis. Bios, 4, 123-135
  14. Cutress, C. E.; Arneson, C. A. (1987). Sea anemones of Enewetak Atoll. Office of Scientific and Technical Information, US Department of Energy., chapter 6, volume 2 Biogeography and Systematics, pp. 53-62
  15. Dunn, D. F. (1981). The clownfish sea anemones: Stichodactylidae (Coelenterata: Actiniaria) and other sea anemones symbiotic with pomacentrid fishes. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 71, 1, 1-115
  16. Dunn, D. F. (1982). Cnidaria. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York and other cities., volume 1, pp. 669-706
  17. Dunn, D. F. (1985). Sea anemones that harbor symbiotic pomacentrid fishes in the western Pacific. National Geographic Society Research Reports, 18, 279-283
  18. Fautin, D. G. (1985). Competition by anemone fishes for host actinians. Proceedings of the Fifth International Coral Reef Congress, 5, 373-377
  19. Fautin, D. G. (1986). Why do anemonefishes inhabit only some host actinians?. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 15(3): 171-180
  20. Fautin, D. G. (1988). Sea anemones (Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia) of Madang Province. Science in New Guinea, 14(1): 22-29
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