Discosomatidae

Discosomatidae
Rhodactis ct. inchoata in a marine aquarium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Anthozoa
Order:	Corallimorpharia
Family:	Discosomatidae Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1864
Synonyms
Discosomae Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1864 Discostominae Verrill, 1869 Rhodactidae Andres, 1883 Phialactidae Fowler, 1888 Actinodiscidae Carlgren, 1949[1]

Discosomatidae is a family of marine cnidarians closely related to the true sea anemones (Actiniaria). It contains three genera:

• Discosoma
  • Actinodiscus dawydoffi (Carlgren, 1943)
  • Actinodiscus fungiformis (Verrill, 1869)
  • Actinodiscus nummiformis
  • Actinodiscus rubraoris (Saville-Kent, 1893)
  • Actinodiscus unguja (Carlgren, 1900)
• Rhodactis
  • Rhodactis rhodostoma
• Amplexidiscus
  • Amplexidiscus fenestrafer (Dunn and Hamner, 1980)

References & External links

1. Harmin, Cha (2007). Systematics of the order Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). University of Kansas. pp. 83–85. ISBN 978-0-549-13246-2.

• Fautin, D. (2010). "Discosomatidae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-19.