Abstract
We determined the type species, if any, for the 425 genera of the order Actiniaria and for the 19 genera of order Corallimorpharia. In Actiniaria, 393 genera have a clear type species; 46 generic names are homonyms, 17 of which are senior, 26 of which are junior (six have been replaced), and three are both junior and senior. Of the 18 available genera of Corallimorpharia, there are no junior homonyms, and one senior homonym.
Highlights
Some corallimorpharians were described as actiniarians, we treat them as corallimorpharians
This accounts for those names appearing in the pick list of actiniarian genera in the on-line resource “Hexacorallians of the World” (Fautin 2007), we do not include those genera among Actiniaria below
We include in Actiniaria genera that previously constituted hexacorallian order Ptychodactiaria: Cappola and Fautin (2000) demonstrated there is no basis for separating Ptychodactiaria from Actiniaria
Summary
Actinoloba de Blainville, 1830 Type species: None Nomenclature notes: No type species has been designated for this genus; four species were included in it originally. Nomenclature notes: Type species is not in agreement with Carlgren (1949), who erroneously gave 1880 as the date of publication; not listed in NZ (Neave 1939a, b, 1940a, b, 1950; Edwards & Hopwood 1966; Edwards & Vevers 1975; Edwards & Tobias 1993; Edwards et al 1996; volume 10 on line). Bicidiopsis Verrill, 1922 Type species: None Nomenclature notes: No type species has been designated for this genus; two species were included in it originally.
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