Family of sea anemones
| Discosomidae |
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| Rhodactis inchoata , a species in the genus Rhodactis. |
Scientific classification  |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Corallimorpharia |
| Family: | Discosomidae
Verrill, 1869 |
| Synonyms |
- Discosomae Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1864
- Discosomatidae Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1864
- Discostominae Verrill, 1869
- Rhodactidae Andres, 1883
- Phialactidae Fowler, 1888
- Actinodiscidae Carlgren, 1949[1]
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Discosomidae is a family of marine cnidarians closely related to the true sea anemones (Actiniaria). It contains five genera:[2]
- Amplexidiscus
- Discosoma
- Metarhodactis
- Platyzoanthus
- Rhodactis
References & External links
- ^ Harmin, Cha (2007). Systematics of the order Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). University of Kansas. pp. 83–85. ISBN 978-0-549-13246-2.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Discosomidae Verrill, 1869". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
Taxon identifiers |
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| Discosomatidae | - Wikidata: Q2477666
- Wikispecies: Discosomidae
- ADW: Discosomatidae
- BOLD: 81030
- GBIF: 8189
- iNaturalist: 356414
- IRMNG: 108334
- uBio: 4994371
- WoRMS: 266940
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