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Nomenclature; taxonomy; misattribution of name; neotype; Anthozoa; Actiniaria; Stichodactylidae; Stichodactyla; Stichodactyla gigantea; Stichodactyla haddoni; Stichodactyla mertensii; giant carpet anemone; Haddon’s carpet anemone; Mertens’ carpet anemone;

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Case 3885: Priapus giganteus Forsskål, 1775 (currently Stichodactyla gigantea; Cnidaria, Actiniaria): proposed conservation of prevailing usage of the specific name by designation of a non-topotypic neotype for Priapus giganteus

Estefanía Rodríguez, Benjamin M. Titus, Daniel Lauretta, “Case 3885: Priapus giganteus Forsskål, 1775 (currently Stichodactyla gigantea; Cnidaria, Actiniaria): proposed conservation of prevailing usage of the specific name by designation of a non-topotypic neotype for Priapus giganteus”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 81, 2024.

The purpose of this application, under Article 75.6 of the ICZN Code, is to conserve the widely used specific name of the clownfish-hosting sea anemone Priapus giganteus Forsskål, 1775 (currently Stichodactyla gigantea ), originally described from the Red Sea, in its current usage. This nominal species of sea anemone....

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