List of marine cnidarians of South Africa

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Map of the Southern African coastline showing some of the landmarks referred to in species range statements

The list of marine

WoRMS
for distribution.

prey. Their bodies consist of mesoglea, a non-living, jelly-like substance, sandwiched between two layers of epithelium that are mostly one cell
thick. Cnidarians are also some of the only animals that can reproduce both sexually and asexually.

Cnidarians mostly have two basic body forms: swimming

Cubozoa and Scyphozoa possess balance-sensing statocysts, and some have simple eyes. Not all cnidarians reproduce sexually, but many species have complex life cycles of asexual
polyp stages and sexual medusae stages. Some, however, omit either the polyp or the medusa stage, and the parasitic classes evolved to have neither form.

Cnidarians were formerly grouped with

Polypodiozoa
were firmly recognized as cnidarians only in 2007.

Most cnidarians prey on

polar regions
, and in freshwater.

Cnidarians are a very ancient phylum, with fossils having been found in rocks formed about 580 million years ago during the

phylogenetic analyses support monophyly of cnidarians, as well as the position of cnidarians as the sister group of bilaterians. (Full article...
)

Class Anthozoa, subclass Hexacorallia

Order Actiniaria, suborder Endocoelantheae

Family Halcuriidae

Suborder Nynantheae, infraorder Athenaria

Family Edwardsiidae

Family Halcampidae

Family Haloclavidae

  • Haloclava capensis (Verrill, 1865)[1]

Infraorder Thenaria

Superfamily Acontiaria, family Acontiophoridae

Family Aiptasiidae

Family Hormathiidae

Family Isophellidae

Family Nemanthidae

Family Sagartiidae

Superfamily Endomyaria, family Actiniidae

Family Actinodendronidae

Family Aliciidae

Family Condylanthidae

Family Liponematidae

Family Stichodactylidae

Superfamily Mesomyaria, family Actinostolidae

Suborder Ptychodacteae

Family Preactiidae

  • Preactis millardae England in England & Robson, 1984 – Walking anemone, hedgehog anemone, sock anemone[1]

Superfamily Actiniaria incertae sedis, family Metridiidae

Order Antipatharia

Family Antipathidae

Order Ceriantharia, suborder Spirularia

Family Cerianthidae

  • Ceriantheopsis austroafricanus Molodtsova, Griffiths & Acuña, 2011 – Tube anemone[1]
  • Ceriantheopsis nikitai Molodtsova, 2001 – White tube anemone[1]

Order Corallimorpharia

Family Corallimorphidae

Family Discosomatidae

Order Scleractinia

Family Acroporidae

Family Agariciidae

Family Caryophylliidae

Family Coscinaraeidae

Family Dendrophylliidae

Family Euphylliidae

Family Fungiidae

Family Lobophylliidae

Family Merulinidae

Family Mussidae, subfamily Faviinae

  • Favia spp. – False honeycomb corals[1]

Family Plesiastreidae

Family Pocilloporidae

Family Poritidae

Family Psammocoridae

Scleractinia incertae sedis

Scleractinia incertae sedis

Order Zoantharia, suborder Brachycnemina

Family Sphenopidae

Family Zoanthidae

Suborder Macrocnemina

Family Parazoanthidae

  • Isozoanthus capensis Carlgren, 1938 – Cape zoanthid[1]
  • Parazoanthus sp. – Sponge zoanthid[1]

Subclass Octocorallia

Order Alcyonacea, suborder Alcyoniina

Family Alcyoniidae

Family Nephtheidae

Family Nidaliidae

Family Parasphaerascleridae

Family Xeniidae

Order Calcaxonia

Family Chrysogorgiidae

Family Ellisellidae

Family Isididae

Family Primnoidae

Subrder Holaxonia

Family Acanthogorgiidae

Family Gorgoniidae

Family Keroeididae

Family Plexauridae

Suborder Scleraxonia

Family Anthothelidae

Subfamily Melithaeinae

Suborder Stolonifera

Family Clavulariidae

Family Tubiporidae

  • Tubipora musica Linnaeus, 1758 – Organ-pipe coral[1]

Order Pennatulacea

Family Chunellidae

Family Echinoptilidae

Family Scleroptilidae

Suborder Sessiliflorae

Family Anthoptilidae

Family Funiculinidae

Family Kophobelemnidae

Family Protoptilidae

Family Umbellulidae

Family Veretillidae

suborder Subsessiliflorae

Family Halipteridae

Family Pennatulidae

Family Virgulariidae

Class Cubozoa

Order Carybdeida

Family Carybdeidae

Family Tamoyidae

Order Chirodropida

Family Chirodropidae

Family Chiropsalmidae

Class Hydrozoa, subclass Hydroidolina

Order Anthoathecata, suborder Aplanulata

Family Candelabridae

Family Corymorphidae

Family Tubulariidae

Suborder Capitata

Family Asyncorynidae

Family Cladocorynidae

Family Family Cladonematidae

Family Corynidae

Family Halimedusidae

Family Milleporidae

Family Moerisiidae

Family Pennariidae

Family Porpitidae

  • Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) – Porpita pacifica
  • Velella velella
    (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family Solanderiidae

Family Sphaerocorynidae

Family Teissieridae

Family Zancleidae

Family Zancleopsidae

Capitata incertae sedis

Capitata incertae sedis

Capitata incertae sedis

Suborder Filifera

Family Bougainvilliidae

Family Bythotiaridae

Family Cytaeididae

Family Eudendriidae

Family Hydractiniidae

Family Hydrichthyidae

Family Magapiidae

Family Oceaniidae

Family Pandeidae

Family Proboscidactylidae

Family Rathkeidae

Family Stylasteridae

Order Leptothecata

Family Aequoreidae

Family Blackfordiidae

Family Campanulinidae

Family Campanulariidae

Family Eirenidae

Family Hebellidae

Family Laodiceidae

Family Lineolariidae

Family Lovenellidae

Family Malagazziidae

Family Mitrocomidae

Family Phialellidae

Family Sertulariidae

Family Syntheciidae

Family Thyroscyphidae

Family Tiarannidae

Family Tiaropsidae

Superfamily Plumularioidea, family Aglaopheniidae

Family Haleciidae

Family Halopterididae

Family Kirchenpaueriidae

Family Lafoeidae

Family Plumulariidae

Order Siphonophorae, suborder Calycophorae

Family Abylidae, subfamily Abylinae

Subfamily Abylopsinae

Family Clausophyidae

Family Diphyidae, subfamily Diphyinae

Subfamily Sulculeolariinae

Family Hippopodiidae

Family Prayidae, subfamily Amphicaryoninae

Subfamily Nectopyramidinae
Subfamily Prayinae

Family Sphaeronectidae

Suborder Cystonectae

Family Physaliidae

  • Physalia physalis
    (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family Rhizophysidae

Suborder Physonectae

Family Agalmatidae

Family Apolemiidae

Family Forskaliidae

Family Physophoridae

Family Pyrostephidae

Subclass Trachylinae

Order Limnomedusae

Family Olindiidae

Order Narcomedusae

Family Aeginidae

Family Cuninidae

Family Solmarisidae

Order Trachymedusae

Family Geryoniidae

Family Halicreatidae

Family Rhopalonematidae

Class Scyphozoa

Order Coronatae

Family Atollidae

Family Nausithoidae

Family Periphyllidae

  • Periphylla periphylla
    (Péron & Lesueur, 1810)

Order Carybdeida

Family Carybdeidae

  • Carybdea branchi Gershwin & Gibbons, 2009 – Box jellyfish[11]

Order Rhizostomeae, suborder Kolpophorae

Family Cassiopeidae

Family Cepheidae

Suborder Daktyliophorae

Familu Catostylidae

Family Rhizostomatidae

Order Semaeostomeae

Family Cyaneidae

Family Pelagiidae

Family Ulmaridae

Class Staurozoa

Order Stauromedusae, suborder Cleistocarpida

Family Depastridae

  • Depastromorpha africana Carlgren, 1935 – Stalked trumpet jelly[11]

Family Lipkeidae

Notes

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