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Actinoscyphia saginata

Actinoscyphia saginata

Venus fly-trap anemone·(Verrill, 1882)

GBIF:155462211

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Geographic Distribution(9)

European Marine Waters
North Atlantic Ocean
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone(ES)
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone(ES)
French Exclusive Economic Zone(FR)
French Exclusive Economic Zone(FR)
French Exclusive Economic Zone(FR)
Irish Exclusive economic Zone(IE)
Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone(MA)

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions.

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Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide.

engVenus fly-trap anemone
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Source: Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Cutress, W.C. Jaap, D.G. Fautin, R.J. Larson, G.R. Harbison, M.N. Arai & D.M. Opresko. (2002). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora. 2nd ed. <em>American Fisheries Society Special Publication, Bethesda, Maryland.</em> 28:1-115.

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CITATIONS

References(13)

  • 1

    Aldred, R. G.; Riemann-Zürneck, K.; Thiel, H.; Rice, A. L. (1979). Ecological observations on the deep-sea anemone Actinoscyphia aurelia. Oceanologica Acta, 2(4): 389-395

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  • 2

    Carlgren, O. (1934). Ceriantharia, Zoantharia and Actiniaria from the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-sea Expedition 1910. Report on the Scientific Results of the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910, 5(6): 1-27

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  • 3

    Carlgren, O. (1945). Further contributions to the knowledge of the cnidom in the Anthozoa especially in the Actiniaria. Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets Handlingar, 56, N.F., (9): 1-24

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  • 4

    Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar.</em> 1: 1–121.

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  • 5

    Doumenc, D. A. (1975). Actinies bathyales et abyssales de l'océan Atlantique nord familles des Hormathiidae (genres Paracalliactis et Phelliactis) et des Actinostolidae (genres Actinoscyphia et Sicyonis). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 197, 3, (287): 157-204

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  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

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    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-19.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155462211
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2255880
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100836
    Last Crawled
    6/16/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/16/2026