MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Metridioidea Carlgren, 1893

ERMS taxon details

Metridioidea Carlgren, 1893

AphiaID

854224 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:854224)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Superfamily

Parent

Enthemonae

Synonymised names

Acontiaria Stephenson, 1935 · unaccepted

Metridioidea Rodríguez & Daly in Rodríguez et al., 2014 · unaccepted (duplicate, author incorrect)

Direct children (19)

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Family Actinoscyphiidae Stephenson, 1920
Family Aiptasiidae Carlgren, 1924
Family Aliciidae Duerden, 1895
Family Amphianthidae Hertwig, 1882
Family Andvakiidae Danielssen, 1890
Family Antholobidae Durán-Fuentes, González-Muñoz, Daly & Stampar, 2024
Family Bathyphelliidae Carlgren, 1932
Family Boloceroididae Carlgren, 1924
Family Diadumenidae Stephenson, 1920
Family Gonactiniidae Carlgren, 1893
Family Halcampidae Andres, 1883
Family Haliactinidae Carlgren, 1949
Family Haliplanellidae Hand, 1956
Family Hormathiidae Carlgren, 1932
Family Kadosactinidae Riemann-Zürneck, 1991
Family Metridiidae Carlgren, 1893
Family Octineonidae Fowler, 1894
Family Phelliidae Verrill, 1868
Family Sagartiidae Gosse, 1858

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Rodríguez, E.; Barbeitos, M. S.; Brugler, M. R.; Crowley, L. M.; Grajales, A.; Gusmão, L.; Häussermann, V.; Reft, A.; Daly, M. (2014). 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096998 [details]

Taxonomic citation

ERMS (2026). Metridioidea Carlgren, 1893. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=854224 on 2026-03-17

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Metridioidea Carlgren, 1893. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=854224 on 2026-03-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-10-08 06:32:43Z

created

Fautin, Daphne

2016-10-22 18:09:45Z

changed

Daly, Meg

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original description Rodríguez, E.; Barbeitos, M. S.; Brugler, M. R.; Crowley, L. M.; Grajales, A.; Gusmão, L.; Häussermann, V.; Reft, A.; Daly, M. (2014). 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096998 [details]

original description (of Acontiaria Stephenson, 1935) Stephenson, T. A. (1935). The British Sea Anemones. Volume II. The Ray Society. London. pp. 426.
page(s): 181-184 [details]

basis of record Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in RoR) [details]

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