Redescription of *Aulactinia veratra* n.comb. (=*Cnidopus veratra*) (Coelenterata: Actiniaria) from Australia
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1991Author
Edmands, Suzanne
Fautin, Daphne G.
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Western Australian Museum
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The actinian described as *Actinia veratra* Drayton, 1846, and currently referred to as *Cnidopus veratra*, belongs to the genus *Aulactinia*. Discrepancies in the literature, particularly concerning ectodermal specializations of the column, led to taxonomic uncertainties about its placement. Nomenclatural re-evaluation was necessitated by recent synonymization of the genus *Cnidopus* with *Epiactis*. *Cribrina verruculata* Lager, 1911, is synonymized with *Aulactinia veratra*.
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Edmands, Suzanne and Daphne Gail Fautin. 1991. Redescription of Aulactinia veratra n. comb. (= Cnidopus veratra) (Coelenterata: Actiniaria) from Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(1): 59-68.
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