On authorship of Chilean anemone ‘Bunodactis hermafroditica’ (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) and its generic assignment
N. Sanamyan, K. Sanamyan & D. Schories
Abstract. Authorship of the species currently known as ‘Bunodactis hermaphroditica’ should be attributed to Carlgren (1959) but not to McMurrich (1904) as commonly maintained. The species belongs to the genus Gyractis and should be cited as Gyractis hermafroditica (Carlgren, 1959).
Key words: sea anemone, South America, Pacific, nomenclature, taxonomy, Cnidaria, Actinaria, Gyractis hermafroditica, authorship
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2009, 18(2): 320-322 ▪ Published in print 25 December 2009
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2009.18.2.320 ▪ Open full article 
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