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Actinoporus elegans

Actinoporus elegans

brown-striped sand anemone·Duchassaing, 1850

GBIF:155462551

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PROFILE

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Habitat

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(10)

Caribbean Sea
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone(BR)
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone(BR)
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone(BR)
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone(BR)
Cape Verdean Exclusive Economic Zone(CV)
Indian Exclusive Economic Zone(IN)
Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone(JM)
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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions.

engbrown-striped sand anemoneeng

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.

engbrown-striped sand anemone
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Source: Kaplan, E. H. (1988). A Field Guide to Southeastern and Caribbean Seashores: Cape Hatteras to the Gulf Coast, Florida, and the Caribbean. <em>Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.</em> pp 425.

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CITATIONS

References(23)

  • 1

    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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  • 2

    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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  • 3

    Clayton, P. D.; Collins, J. D. (1992). Reproduction and feeding ethology of a tropical, intertidal sand-dwelling anemone (Actinoporus elongatus, Carlgren, 1900). Hydrobiologia, 237(1): 31-38

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  • 4

    Corrêa, D. D. (1973). On the sea-anemone Actinoporus elegans Duchassaing. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 20 (Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Cnidaria), 157-164

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  • 5

    Corrêa, D. D. (1973). Sobre anêmonas-do-mar (Actiniaria) do Brasil. Boletim de Zoologia e Biologia Marinha, N.S., (30): 457-468

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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 2026-06-18.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155462551
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2257175
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289350
    Last Crawled
    6/16/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/16/2026