Amathia Lamouroux, 1812

Type species: Sertularia lendigera Linnaeus, 1761

Synonyms Author Type Species
Bowerbankia Farre, 1837 Sertularia imbricata Adams, 1798
Zoobotryon Ehrenberg, 1828 Hydra verticillata delle Chiaje, 1822

The taxonomy of Amathia has been reviewed by d'Hondt (1983) and by Chimonides (1987). In cases of disagreement, the listing below adopts the version of Chimonides.
The genera Bowerbankia and Zoobotryon have been placed in synonymy with Amathia by Waeschenbach et (2015).

This genus includes the species:

  1. Amathia acervata
  2. Lamouroux, 1824 Recent Australia, Japan WoRMS 470714
  3. Amathia aegyptiana
  4. d'Hondt, 1983 Recent Suez Canal WoRMS 470724
  5. Amathia aggregata
  6. (O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue, 1926) Recent Northeast Pacific WoRMS 851578
  7. Amathia alternata
  8. Lamouroux, 1816 Recent Eastern USA (NC) WoRMS 422418
  9. Amathia antarctica
  10. ( Winston & Hayward, 1994) Recent Antarctic WoRMS 851582
  11. Amathia arctica
  12. (Busk, 1880) Recent Arctic WoRMS 851583
  13. Amathia bicornis
  14. Tenison Woods, 1880 Recent Australia, New Zealand WoRMS 730619
  15. Amathia biseriata
  16. Krauss, 1837 Recent Australia, New Zealand, S. Africa WoRMS 470710
  17. Amathia brasiliensis
  18. Busk, 1886 Recent Brazil WoRMS 470723
  19. Amathia brevisilva
  20. Hirose, Gordon & d'Hondt, 2020 Recent Northwest Pacific Japan WoRMS 1421295
  21. Amathia brongniartii
  22. Kirkpatrick, 1888 Recent Australia WoRMS 470712
  23. Amathia caspia
  24. (Abrikosov, 1959) Recent Caspian Sea WoRMS 1430173
  25. Amathia chimonidesi
  26. Gordon & Spencer Jones, 2013 Recent South Pacific - New Zealand WoRMS 730615 LSID
  27. Amathia citrina
  28. (Hincks, 1877) Recent Britain, France, New Zealand WoRMS 851584
  29. Amathia composita
  30. Kluge, 1955 Recent Arctic WoRMS 851585
  31. Amathia connexa
  32. (Busk, 1886) Recent Australia (Cape York) WoRMS 470726
  33. Amathia convoluta
  34. Lamarck, 1816 Recent Australia WoRMS 422419
  35. Amathia cornuta
  36. Lamarck, 1816 Recent Australia WoRMS 470717
  37. Amathia crispa
  38. Lamarck, 1816 Recent Pacific, Australia WoRMS 470727
  39. Amathia delicatula
  40. Souto, Fernández-Pulpeiro & Reverter-Gil, 2010 Recent Mediterranean Mallorca WoRMS 472882
  41. Amathia dhondti
  42. Waeschenbach, Vieira, Souto-Derungs, Nascimento & Fehlauer-Ale, 2015 Recent Cape Verde Islands WoRMS 851604
  43. Amathia dichotoma
  44. (Verrill, 1873) Recent Northwest Atlantic USA WoRMS 607833
  45. Amathia distans
  46. Busk, 1886 Recent Widespread (warm water) WoRMS 111656
  47. Amathia ernsti
  48. (Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2014) Recent Southwest Atlantic Brazil WoRMS 851586
  49. Amathia evelinae
  50. (Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2014) Recent Southwest Atlantic Brazil WoRMS 851587
  51. Amathia fimbria
  52. Hirose, Gordon & d'Hondt, 2020 Recent Northwest Pacific Japan WoRMS 1421296
  53. Amathia francorum
  54. (Jullien, 1888) Recent Antarctic WoRMS 851588
  55. Amathia gracei
  56. Gordon & Spencer Jones, 2013 Recent South Pacific - New Zealand WoRMS 730616 LSID
  57. Amathia gracilis
  58. Leidy, 1855 Recent Cosmopolitan? WoRMS 851589
  59. Amathia gracilis typica
    (Status?)
  60. (O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue, 1923) Recent Northeast Pacific Canada WoRMS 1415254
  61. Amathia gracillima
  62. (Hincks, 1877) Recent England, France WoRMS 851590
  63. Amathia guernseii
  64. Chimonides, 1987 Recent Guernsey WoRMS 111657
  65. Amathia hahni
  66. (Jullien, 1888) Recent Antarctic WoRMS 851592
  67. Amathia imbricata
  68. (Adams, 1798) Recent Atlantic, Mediterranean, Black Sea WoRMS 851593
  69. Amathia imbricata aralensis
  70. (Abrikosov, 1959) Recent Aral Sea WoRMS 851594
  71. Amathia immurata
  72. Voigt, 1972 U. Cretaceous Netherlands WoRMS 1399606
  73. Amathia intermedis
  74. Chimonides, 1987 Recent England, Ireland WoRMS 111658
  75. Amathia lamourouxi
  76. Chimonides, 1987 Recent Australia, New Zealand WoRMS 470719
  77. Amathia lendigera
  78. (Linnaeus, 1758) Recent Widespread WoRMS 111659
  79. Amathia madeirensis
  80. Souto, Ramalhosa & Canning-Clode, 2023 Recent East Atlantic Madeira WoRMS 1668880
  81. Amathia maxima
  82. (Winston, 1982) Recent Florida, Jamaica WoRMS 851596
  83. Amathia minoricensis
  84. Souto, Fernández-Pulpeiro & Reverter-Gil, 2010 Recent Mediterranean Minorca WoRMS 472883
  85. Amathia minutissima
  86. (Jullien, 1888) Recent Antarctic WoRMS 851597
  87. Amathia mobilis
  88. (Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2014) Recent Southwest Atlantic Brazil WoRMS 851598
  89. Amathia obliqua
  90. MacGillivray, 1895 Recent Australia WoRMS 470715
  91. Amathia pinnata
  92. Kirkpatrick, 1888 Recent Australia WoRMS 470716
  93. Amathia plumosa
  94. MacGillivray, 1890 Recent Australia WoRMS 470713
  95. Amathia populea
  96. Busk MS in d'Hondt, 1983 Recent South Africa, Australia? WoRMS 470721
  97. Amathia pruvoti
  98. Calvet, 1911 Recent Europe WoRMS 111660
  99. Amathia pusilla
  100. (Jullien, 1903) Recent Northeast Atlantic WoRMS 851600
  101. Amathia pustulosa
  102. (Ellis & Solander, 1786) Recent Atlantic, Arctic Ocean WoRMS 851599
  103. Amathia pustulosa alternata
    (Status?)
  104. (Waters, 1918) Recent East Atlantic Cape Verde WoRMS 851602
  105. Amathia reptopinnata
  106. Hirose, Gordon & d'Hondt, 2020 Recent Northwest Pacific Japan WoRMS 1421296
  107. Amathia rudis
  108. Kubanin, 1992 Recent Japan WoRMS 470725
  109. Amathia scoparia
  110. Meneghini, 1844 Recent Europe WoRMS 470729
  111. Amathia semiconvoluta
  112. Lamouroux, 1824 Recent Mediterranean, S. Africa WoRMS 111661
  113. Amathia semispiralis
  114. Kirchenpauer, 1869 Recent Indonesia, Pacific WoRMS 470730
  115. Amathia similis
  116. Gordon & Spencer Jones, 2013 Recent South Pacific - New Zealand WoRMS 730617 LSID
  117. Amathia stationis
  118. (Ostroumoff, 1886) Recent Black Sea WoRMS 851601
  119. Amathia tertia
  120. (Winston & Hayward, 2012) Recent Northwest Atlantic USA WoRMS 851603
  121. Amathia tortuosa
  122. Tenison Woods, 1879 Recent Australia WoRMS 111662
  123. Amathia tricornis
  124. Busk MS in Chimonides, 1987 Recent 'Australia' WoRMS 470722
  125. Amathia unilateralis
  126. Lamouroux, 1816 Recent Mediterranean WoRMS 470728
  127. Amathia vermetiformis
  128. Harmer, 1926 Recent Indonesia WoRMS 470720
  129. Amathia verticillata
  130. (della Chiaje, 1822) Recent Cosmopolitan warm-water WoRMS 851581
  131. Amathia vidovici
  132. Heller, 1867 Recent Widespread WoRMS 111663
  133. Amathia wilsoni
  134. Kirkpatrick, 1888 Recent Australia WoRMS 470711
  135. Amathia woodsi
  136. Goldstein, 1879 Recent Australia WoRMS 470718
  137. Amathia zealandica
  138. Gordon & Spencer Jones, 2013 Recent South Pacific - New Zealand WoRMS 730618 LSID

Amathia verticillata (as Zoobotryon) by Peter J. Bryant - at Natural History of Orange County.

Amathia verticillata at NEMESIS (National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System)

[Amathia]Amathia tortuosa

[Amathia]Amathia wilsoni

Amathia alternata - at the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Florida.
Amathia distans - at the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Florida.
Amathia vidovici - at the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Florida.
 
Bowerbankia gracilis - at the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Florida.
Bowerbankia imbricata - at the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Florida.
Bowerbankia maxima - at the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Florida.

Bowerbankia sp. - from San Francisco, at the California Academy of Sciences.

Bowerbankia citrina at Reeflex.net.


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Edited by Phil Bock
Modified on 12/06/2016 (Amathia verticillata date corrected to 1828)
Modified on 21/5/2019 (Amathia imbricata date corrected to 1800)
Modified on 20/2/2020 (Added A. brevisilva, A.fimbriata, A.reptopinnata
Modified on 23/5/2022 (Changed date for A.imbricata )
Modified on 9/7/2023 (Added A. madeirensis )
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