CORALLIMORPHARIA

Fautin, Daphne Gail, Zelenchuk, Taras & Raveendran, Dinesh, 2007, Genera of orders Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia), and their type species *, Zootaxa 1668, pp. 183-244 : 233-235

GENERA OF CORALLIMORPHARIA (coral-like sea anemones)

Actinodiscus de Blainville, 1830

Type species: Discosoma nummiforme Rüppell and Leuckart, 1828 , by monotypy. Nomenclature notes: Type species is in agreement with Carlgren (1949). In agreement with Edwards et al. (1996), senior homonym of echinoderm genus Actinodiscus of Smith, A. B. and C. R. C. Paul, 1982, Revision of the class Cyclocystoidea (Echinodermata). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 298(1083):625. Authorship of the corallimorpharian genus is in agreement with Neave (1939a) and with Carlgren (1949), and that of the echinoderm genus with Edwards et al. (1996).

Currently considered valid: Yes

Actinotryx Duchassaing de Fonbressin and Michelotti, 1860

Type species: Actinotryx Sancti Thomae Duchassaing de Fonbressin and Michelotti, 1860, by monotypy. Nomenclature notes: Authorship is in agreement with Neave (1939a).

Spelling errors or variants: Actinothrix, Actinothryx, Actinotrynx

Currently considered valid: No

Amplexidiscus Dunn and Hamner, 1980

Type species: Amplexidiscus fenestrafer Dunn and Hamner, 1980 , by monotypy. Nomenclature notes: Authorship is in agreement with Edwards et al. (1996). Currently considered valid: Yes

Corallimorphus Moseley, 1877

Type species: Corallimorphus profundus Moseley, 1877 , by subsequent designation. Nomenclature notes: Type species was designated by Carlgren (1949) and is in agreement with Fautin (1984). Authorship is in agreement with Neave (1939a) and with Carlgren (1949). Currently considered valid: Yes

Corynactis Allman, 1846

Type species: Corynactis viridis Allman, 1846 , by monotypy. Nomenclature notes: Type species is in agreement with Carlgren (1949). Authorship is in agreement with Neave (1939a) and with Carlgren (1949).

Currently considered valid: Yes

Discosoma Rüppell and Leuckart, 1828

Type species: Discosoma nummiforme Rüppell and Leuckart, 1828 , by monotypy. Nomenclature notes: In agreement with Neave (1939b), senior homonym of [1] arachnid genus Discosoma of Perty, M., 1833, Delectus animalium articulatorum, quae in itinere per Brasiliam, 3:209; [2] mollusc genus Discosoma of Paetel, G., 1875, Die bisher veröffentlichten Familien- und Gattungsnamen der Mollusken, page 71; and [3] protist genus Discosoma of Swarczewsky, B., 1928, Zur Kenntnis der Baikalprotistenfauna. Die an den Baikalgammariden lebenden Infusorien. II. Dendrocometidae . Archiv für Protistenkunde 62:52. Authorship of all genera is in agreement with Neave (1939b).

Spelling errors or variants: Discossoma

Currently considered valid: Yes

Draytonia Duchassaing de Fombressin and Michelotti, 1864

Type species: Draytonia myrcia Duchassaing de Fombressin and Michelotti, 1864, by monotypy. Nomenclature notes: Authorship is in agreement with Neave (1939b). Currently considered valid: No

Isocorallion Carlgren, 1900 a

Type species: Isocorallion Hertwigi Carlgren, 1900 a, by monotypy. Nomenclature notes: Authorship is in agreement with Neave (1939b). Spelling errors or variants: Isocorallium

Currently considered valid: No

Metarhodactis Carlgren, 1943

Type species: Metarhodactis boninensis Carlgren, 1943 , by monotypy. Nomenclature notes: Authorship is in agreement with Carlgren (1949) and with Neave (1950). Currently considered valid: Yes

Nectactis Gravier, 1918

Type species: Nectactis singularis Gravier, 1918 , by monotypy. Nomenclature notes: Authorship is in agreement with Neave (1940a) and with Carlgren (1949). Currently considered valid: Yes

Orinia Duchassaing de Fonbressin and Michelotti, 1860

Type species: Orinia torpida Duchassaing de Fonbressin and Michelotti, 1860, by monotypy. Nomenclature notes: Authorship is in agreement with Neave (1940a) and with Carlgren (1949). Currently considered valid: No

Phialactis Fowler, 1888

Type species: Phialactis neglecta Fowler, 1888 , by monotypy. Nomenclature notes: Authorship is in agreement with Neave (1940a). Currently considered valid: No

Platyzoanthus Saville-Kent, 1893

Type species: Platyzoanthus mussoides Saville-Kent, 1893 , by monotypy. Nomenclature notes: Authorship is in agreement with Neave (1940a). Currently considered valid: Yes

Pseudocorynactis den Hartog, 1980

Type species: Pseudocorynactis caribbeorum den Hartog, 1980, by monotypy. Nomenclature notes: Authorship is in agreement with Edwards et al. (1996). Currently considered valid: Yes

Rhodactis Milne Edwards and Haime, 1851

Type species: Metridium rhodostomum Hemprich and Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834, by monotypy. Nomenclature notes: Type species is in agreement with Carlgren (1949). Authorship is in agreement with Neave (1940b) and with Carlgren (1949).

Spelling errors or variants: Rodactis

Currently considered valid: Yes

Ricordea Duchassaing de Fonbressin and Michelotti, 1860

Type species: Ricordea florida Duchassaing de Fonbressin and Michelotti, 1860, by monotypy. Nomenclature notes: Authorship is in agreement with Neave (1940b) and with Carlgren (1949). Spelling errors or variants: Ricordia

Currently considered valid: Yes

Sideractis Danielssen, 1890

Type species: Sideractis glacialis Danielssen, 1890 , by monotypy. Nomenclature notes: Authorship is in agreement with Neave (1940b) and with Carlgren (1949). Currently considered valid: Yes

Sphincteractis Zamponi, 1976

Type species: Sphincteractis sanmatiensis Zamponi, 1976 , by monotypy. Nomenclature notes: Edwards and Tobias (1993) erroneously gave the date as 1977. Currently considered valid: No