The diversity of Ceriantharia is known from studies formally describing species from the late 18th Century onwards. However, no nomenclators including a list and discussion of all valid species have been produced since a list discussed by Carlgren in 1912. The present nomenclator presents a complete list of adult species of Ceriantharia of the World, including a discussion on each species. It includes the three families (Arachnactidae, Botrucnidiferidae, Cerianthidae) and the currently accepted 54 species based on their adult form. This study serves as a presentation of the “state-of-the-art” list of species of Ceriantharia, and includes a species identification key to support taxonomic identification. Additional in-depth species-by-species investigations for almost all cerianthid species is still needed, as the information available for most of these species is quite superficial.

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世界Ceriantharia（Cnidaria）：带注释的目录和物种密钥。

从18世纪后期开始正式描述物种的研究中可以得知Ceriantharia的多样性。但是，自1912年由卡尔格伦（Carlgren）讨论清单以来，没有制出包括所有有效物种的清单和讨论的命名法。目前的命名法提供了世界Ceriantharia成年物种的完整列表，包括对每种物种的讨论。它包括三个科（Arachnactidae，Botrucnidiferidae，Cerianthidae）和基于它们的成年形式目前被接受的54种。这项研究是对Ceriantharia物种的“最新”清单的介绍，并包括了支持分类学鉴定的物种鉴定钥匙。仍然需要对几乎所有蜡菊科物种进行深入的种间调查，