WoRMS taxon details
Bolocera Gosse, 1860
- Species Bolocera africana Pax, 1909
- Species Bolocera kensmithi Eash-Loucks & Fautin, 2012
- Species Bolocera kerguelensis Studer, 1879
- Species Bolocera maxima Carlgren, 1921
- Species Bolocera norvegica Pax, 1909
- Species Bolocera pannosa McMurrich, 1893
- Species Bolocera paucicornis Dunn, 1983
- Species Bolocera somaliensis Carlgren, 1928
- Species Bolocera tuediae (Johnston, 1832)
- Species Bolocera brevicornis McMurrich, 1893 accepted as Liponema brevicorne (McMurrich, 1893)
- Species Bolocera capensis Carlgren, 1928 accepted as Bolocera kerguelensis Studer, 1879 (synonym)
- Species Bolocera eques Gosse, 1860 accepted as Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Species Bolocera longicornis Carlgren, 1891 sensu Stephenson, 1918 accepted as Bolocera kerguelensis Studer, 1879 (pro parte synonym - Stephenson (1918) applied this name to specimens from Antarctica. These were recognized by Dunn (1983) as belonging to Bolocera kerguelensis.)
- Species Bolocera longicornis Carlgren, 1891 accepted as Bolocera tuediae (Johnston, 1832) (Carlgren (1921 p. 142) synonymized this species with Bolocera tuediae)
- Species Bolocera mc murrichi Kwietniewski, 1898 accepted as Boloceroides mcmurrichi (Kwietniewski, 1898) (original binomen)
- Species Bolocera mcmurrichi Kwietniewski, 1898 accepted as Boloceroides mcmurrichi (Kwietniewski, 1898)
- Species Bolocera multicornis Verrill, 1880 accepted as Liponema multicorne (Verrill, 1880)
- Species Bolocera multiformum accepted as Liponema multiporum Hertwig, 1882
- Species Bolocera multipora (Hertwig, 1882) accepted as Liponema multiporum Hertwig, 1882
- Species Bolocera multiporum (Hertwig, 1882) accepted as Liponema multiporum Hertwig, 1882
- Species Bolocera occidua McMurrich, 1893 accepted as Bolocera kerguelensis Studer, 1879 (synonym)
- Species Bolocera panuosa accepted as Bolocera pannosa McMurrich, 1893
- Species Bolocera patens (Hertwig, 1882) accepted as Bolocera kerguelensis Studer, 1879
- Species Bolocera pollens McMurrich, 1898 accepted as Leipsiceras pollens (McMurrich, 1898) (original binomen)
- Species Bolocera tudiae accepted as Bolocera tuediae (Johnston, 1832)
- Species Bolocera tuedia accepted as Bolocera tuediae (Johnston, 1832)
marine, terrestrial
Gosse, P.H., 1860. Actinologia Britannica. A history of the British sea-anemones and corals. London: Van Voorst : pp. i-xl, 1-362.
page(s): 185 [details]
page(s): 185 [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Bolocera Gosse, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100698 on 2025-07-05
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original description
Gosse, P.H., 1860. Actinologia Britannica. A history of the British sea-anemones and corals. London: Van Voorst : pp. i-xl, 1-362.
page(s): 185 [details]
original description (of Polystomidium Hertwig, 1882) Hertwig, R. (1882). Die Actinien der Challenger Expedition. Gustav Fischer. Jena., pp. 119.
page(s): 59 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 106-109 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 185 [details]
original description (of Polystomidium Hertwig, 1882) Hertwig, R. (1882). Die Actinien der Challenger Expedition. Gustav Fischer. Jena., pp. 119.
page(s): 59 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 106-109 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Doumenc D. & Foubert A. (1984). Microinformatique et taxonomie des actinies: Cle mondiale des genres. Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, 60, 1, 43-86.
page(s): 56, 61, 70, 76, 80, 81, 82, 83 [details]
additional source Spaulding, J.G., 1972. The life cycle of Peachia quinquecapitata, an anemone parasitic on medusae during its larval development. Biol. Bull. 143 2: 440-453.
page(s): 450 [details]
additional source Fishelson, L. (1970). Littoral fauna of the Red Sea: the population of non-scleractinian anthozoans of shallow waters of the Red Sea. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 6 (2): 106-116.
page(s): 107 [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Eash-Loucks, W. E.; Jewett, S. C.; Fautin, D. G.; Hoberg, M. K.; Chenelot, H. (2010). Ptychodactis aleutiensis , a new species of ptychodactiarian sea anemone (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 6(6): 570-578., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000903476933
page(s): 576 [details]
additional source Rodríguez, E.; López-González, P.J. (2008). The gastropod-symbiotic sea anemone genus Isosicyonis Carlgren, 1927 (Actiniaria: Actiniidae): a new species from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) that clarifies the taxonomic position of the genus. Scientia Marina, 72(1), 73-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2008.72n173
page(s): 85 [details]
additional source Andres, A. (1884). Le attinie. Volume primo, contente bibliografia, introduzione e specigrafia. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81386
page(s): 213 [details]
additional source Rodríguez, E. (2011). Another bipolar deep-sea anemone: new species of Iosactis (Actiniaria, Endomyaria) from Antarctica. <em>Helgoland Marine Research.</em> 66(2): 211-218., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-011-0263-2
page(s): 211, 216, 217 [details]
additional source England, K. W. (1992). Actiniaria (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Hong Kong with additional data on smiliar species from Aden, Bahrain and Singapore. <em>In Proceedings of the fourth international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.). The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China III. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 1, 49-95.
page(s): 51 [details]
additional source Grieg, J. A. (1898). Skrabninger i Vaagsfjorden og Ulvesund, ytie Nordfjord. Bergens Mus. Aarsb., (1897) 16 : 1-27.
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar.</em> 1: 1–121.
page(s): 54 [details]
additional source Danielssen D.C. (1890). Actinida. <em>In: Den Norske Nordhavs-Expedition 1876–1878. Zoologi. Grøndahl & Søns, Christiania.</em>
page(s): 14 [details]
additional source Andres, A. (1883). Le Attinie (Monografia). Coi Tipi der Salviucci. Roma., volume 1 (Bibliografia, introduzione e specigrafia), pp. 460.
page(s): 213 [details]
additional source Dixon, A. F.; Dixon, G. Y. (1889). Notes on Bunodes thallia, Bunodes verrucosa, and Telia crassicornis. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, 6, N.S., 6, 310-326
page(s): 316 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1945). Further contributions to the knowledge of the cnidom in the Anthozoa especially in the Actiniaria. Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets Handlingar, 56, N.F., (9): 1-24
page(s): 22 [details]
additional source Karalis, P.; Chintiroglou, C. C. (1997). Biometric investigations on the cnidae of the rustica-color variety of the sea anemone Anemonia viridis (Förskal, 1775). Israel Journal of Zoology, 43, 385-390
page(s): 389 [details]
additional source Ardelean, A. (2003). Reinterpretation of some tentacular structures in actinodendronid and thalassianthid sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 31-40
page(s): 36 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G.; Zelenchuk, T.; Raveendran, D. (2007). Genera of orders Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia), and their type species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1668: 183-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.12
page(s): 193 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Delphy, J. (1939). Justification d'un projet de revision des actiniaires des collections du Muséum. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 11, 2, (4): 409-411
page(s): 411 [details]
additional source Delphy, J. (1939). Sur quelques problèmes d' Actinologie. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), XI, 2, (5): 479-483
page(s): 481 [details]
additional source Guinot, D.; Doumenc, D. A.; Chintiroglou, C. C. (1995). A review of the carrying behaviour in brachyuran crabs, with additional information on the symbioses with sea anemones. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 43(2): 377-416
page(s): 382, 402 [details]
additional source Andres, A. (1883). Le Attinie. Atti dell' Accademia de Lincei, 14, 3, Memorie, 211-673
page(s): 413, 421, 638 [details]
additional source Doumenc D. & Foubert A. (1984). Microinformatique et taxonomie des actinies: Cle mondiale des genres. Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, 60, 1, 43-86.
page(s): 56, 61, 70, 76, 80, 81, 82, 83 [details]
additional source Spaulding, J.G., 1972. The life cycle of Peachia quinquecapitata, an anemone parasitic on medusae during its larval development. Biol. Bull. 143 2: 440-453.
page(s): 450 [details]
additional source Fishelson, L. (1970). Littoral fauna of the Red Sea: the population of non-scleractinian anthozoans of shallow waters of the Red Sea. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 6 (2): 106-116.
page(s): 107 [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Eash-Loucks, W. E.; Jewett, S. C.; Fautin, D. G.; Hoberg, M. K.; Chenelot, H. (2010). Ptychodactis aleutiensis , a new species of ptychodactiarian sea anemone (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 6(6): 570-578., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000903476933
page(s): 576 [details]
additional source Rodríguez, E.; López-González, P.J. (2008). The gastropod-symbiotic sea anemone genus Isosicyonis Carlgren, 1927 (Actiniaria: Actiniidae): a new species from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) that clarifies the taxonomic position of the genus. Scientia Marina, 72(1), 73-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2008.72n173
page(s): 85 [details]
additional source Andres, A. (1884). Le attinie. Volume primo, contente bibliografia, introduzione e specigrafia. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81386
page(s): 213 [details]
additional source Rodríguez, E. (2011). Another bipolar deep-sea anemone: new species of Iosactis (Actiniaria, Endomyaria) from Antarctica. <em>Helgoland Marine Research.</em> 66(2): 211-218., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-011-0263-2
page(s): 211, 216, 217 [details]
additional source England, K. W. (1992). Actiniaria (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Hong Kong with additional data on smiliar species from Aden, Bahrain and Singapore. <em>In Proceedings of the fourth international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.). The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China III. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 1, 49-95.
page(s): 51 [details]
additional source Grieg, J. A. (1898). Skrabninger i Vaagsfjorden og Ulvesund, ytie Nordfjord. Bergens Mus. Aarsb., (1897) 16 : 1-27.
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar.</em> 1: 1–121.
page(s): 54 [details]
additional source Danielssen D.C. (1890). Actinida. <em>In: Den Norske Nordhavs-Expedition 1876–1878. Zoologi. Grøndahl & Søns, Christiania.</em>
page(s): 14 [details]
additional source Andres, A. (1883). Le Attinie (Monografia). Coi Tipi der Salviucci. Roma., volume 1 (Bibliografia, introduzione e specigrafia), pp. 460.
page(s): 213 [details]
additional source Dixon, A. F.; Dixon, G. Y. (1889). Notes on Bunodes thallia, Bunodes verrucosa, and Telia crassicornis. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, 6, N.S., 6, 310-326
page(s): 316 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1945). Further contributions to the knowledge of the cnidom in the Anthozoa especially in the Actiniaria. Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets Handlingar, 56, N.F., (9): 1-24
page(s): 22 [details]
additional source Karalis, P.; Chintiroglou, C. C. (1997). Biometric investigations on the cnidae of the rustica-color variety of the sea anemone Anemonia viridis (Förskal, 1775). Israel Journal of Zoology, 43, 385-390
page(s): 389 [details]
additional source Ardelean, A. (2003). Reinterpretation of some tentacular structures in actinodendronid and thalassianthid sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 31-40
page(s): 36 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G.; Zelenchuk, T.; Raveendran, D. (2007). Genera of orders Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia), and their type species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1668: 183-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.12
page(s): 193 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Delphy, J. (1939). Justification d'un projet de revision des actiniaires des collections du Muséum. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 11, 2, (4): 409-411
page(s): 411 [details]
additional source Delphy, J. (1939). Sur quelques problèmes d' Actinologie. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), XI, 2, (5): 479-483
page(s): 481 [details]
additional source Guinot, D.; Doumenc, D. A.; Chintiroglou, C. C. (1995). A review of the carrying behaviour in brachyuran crabs, with additional information on the symbioses with sea anemones. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 43(2): 377-416
page(s): 382, 402 [details]
additional source Andres, A. (1883). Le Attinie. Atti dell' Accademia de Lincei, 14, 3, Memorie, 211-673
page(s): 413, 421, 638 [details]
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