Your wandering anemone has wrong name
July 4, 2006
From: Phil Malin
Firstly, well done on producing a top class database. Just one minor correction that needs attention. Your website has a picture of the wandering anemone "Phlyctenactis tuberculosa", but for some reason has the scientific name "Phlyctenanthus australis " attached (which is very similar) .
I spoke with Karen Gowlett Holmes at CSIRO today(about a seperate issue), and she assures me that the "Phlyctenanthus australis" only attaches itself to hard substrate. She also explained to me that the external structure is tightly packed together on the "Phlyctenactis tuberculosa" as shown on your websitesphoto.
Cheers
Phil
p_malin@optusnet.com.au
Malin, P., 2006 (Jul 4) Your wandering anemone has wrong name. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17047Dear Phil,
Thanks very much for drawing my attention to this error. I was well aware of the two very similar names but apparently fell into the trap anyway. It's not quite as bad as Palinurus and Panilurus for two genera of spiny lobsters, but I think there should have been a special place designated in purgatory for taxonomists who think it's clever to invent word traps like these.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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