Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Cnidaria - (Class) Anthozoa - (Order) Actiniaria - (Family) Actiniidae

Original position

Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Actiniidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815

Original entries

Actinia maculata M. Bruguière, 1792

Current position

Actiniidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815

Ref: J. van der Land & J.H. den Hartog, 2001: 106; Volvenko2020.

Alternative positions

Anthozoa (Subphylum) Ehrenberg, 1831	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 235. [rough position]
Endomyaria (Family group) Stephenson, 1921	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): 594. [inferred name]
Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1088. [new taxon]

Historical positions

Actiniidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: J. van der Land & J.H. den Hartog, 2001: 106.
Anthozoa (Subphylum) Ehrenberg, 1831	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 4 (p. 235). [rough position]
Actiniaria (Order)	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Actiniidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: D.F. Dunn, 1982: 694.
Endomyaria (Family group) Stephenson, 1921	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): 594. [inferred name]
Hexactiniæ (Order)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 443. [rough position]
Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1072, 1088. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4s
1975 (1971)	I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al.	[]