Heterodactyla is a genus of
sea anemones of the family
Thalassianthidae
Thalassianthidae is a family of sea anemones that contains the genera ''Actineria'', ''Cryptodendrum,'' ''Heterodactyla'', and ''Thalassianthus''.World Register of Marine Species. (2016). Thalassianthidae Milne Edwards, 1857. http://www.marinesp ...
.
The genus was first described in 1834 by
Wilhelm Hemprich
Wilhelm Friedrich Hemprich (24 June 1796 – 30 June 1825) was a German naturalist and explorer.
Hemprich was born in Glatz (Kłodzko), Prussian Silesia, and studied medicine at Breslau and Berlin. It was in Berlin that he became friends with ...
and
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg.
Species
The following species are recognized:
* ''
Heterodactyla hemprichii ''
* ''
Heterodactyla hypnoides''
References
Thalassianthidae
Hexacorallia genera
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
Taxa named by Wilhelm Hemprich
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