*Metridium farcimen*, the valid name of a common North Pacific sea anemone (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Acontiaria)

View/ Open
Issue Date
2000-12Author
Fautin, Daphne G.
Hand, Cadet
Publisher
Biological Society of Washington
Type
Article
Article Version
Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
Three older names apply to the species described by Fautin et al. in 1990 as *Metridium giganteum*. They are *Actinia pripaus* Tilesius, 1809, *Actinia farcimen* Brandt, 1835, and *Isometridium rickettsi* Carlgren, 1949. We synonymize these four species names. The msot senior of the synonyms is a junior homonym; therefore, the valid name of this species is *Metridium farcimen* (Brandt, 1835). We also synonymize with *Metridium* the generic names *Dendractis* Andres, 1883, and *Isometridium* Carlgren, 1949.
Description
Asterisks (*...*) surround words or phrases that are to be italicized.
Collections
Citation
Fautin, Daphne Gail and Cadet Hand. 2000. *Metridium farcimen*, the valid name of a common North Pacific sea anemone (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Acontiaria). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113(4):1151-1161.
Items in KU ScholarWorks are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
We want to hear from you! Please share your stories about how Open Access to this item benefits YOU.