Edwardsia sulcata Verrill, 1864
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Edwardsia sulcata Verrill, 1864
- Name authority
- Verrill, 1864
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Actiniaria
- Family
- Edwardsiidae
- Genus
- Edwardsia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumCnidaria
- classAnthozoa
- subclassHexacorallia
- orderActiniaria Hertwig, 1882
- suborderAnenthemonae Rodríguez & Daly in Rodríguez et al., 2014
- superfamilyEdwardsioidea Andres, 1881
- familyEdwardsiidae Andres, 1881
- genusEdwardsia Quatrefages, 1842
- speciesEdwardsia sulcata Verrill, 1864
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Edwardsia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Edwardsia annamensis Carlgren, 1943 | EdwardsiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Edwardsia arenosa Klunzinger, 1877 | EdwardsiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Edwardsia athalyei England, 1990 | EdwardsiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| California burrowing anemoneEdwardsia californica (McMurrich, 1913) | EdwardsiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Edwardsia capensis Carlgren, 1938 | EdwardsiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Edwardsia carlgreni Williams, 1981 | EdwardsiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Edwardsia danica Carlgren, 1921 | EdwardsiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Edwardsia delapiae Carlgren & Stephenson, 1928 | EdwardsiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| athenarian burrowing anemoneEdwardsia elegans Verrill, 1869 | EdwardsiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Edwardsia flaccida Marion, 1906 | EdwardsiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Edwardsia handi Daly & Ljubenkov, 2008 | EdwardsiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Edwardsia isimangaliso Daly, Perissinotto, Laird, Dyer & Todaro, 2012 | EdwardsiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Halcampa sulcata | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Verrill, A. E. (1864). Revision of the *Polypi* of the eastern coast of the United States. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History, 1: 1–45. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.78052 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:38TFP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.