Corallimorpharia
Creators: name: Fautin, Daphne Gail
name: Zelenchuk, Taras
name: Raveendran, Dinesh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Corallimorpharia

description: 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
description: Published as part of Fautin, Daphne Gail, Zelenchuk, Taras & Raveendran, Dinesh, 2007, Genera of orders Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia), and their type species *, pp. 183-244 in Zootaxa 1668 on pages 233-235, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.180167