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Family: Actiniidae



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Actinia australiensis
[]
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Actinia bermudensis
[Maroon anemone]

Pillon, Roberto

Endemic to the Mediterran
Max. Length 6 cm H
Actinia cariDelle Chiaje, 1822

Photo by Pillon, Roberto
 
Actinia cari
[Anemone-girdles]

Pillon, Roberto

North and South Atlantic,
Max. Length 8 cm H
Actinia equina(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Pillon, Roberto
 
Actinia equina
[Beadlet anemone]

Fenwick, David

Northeast Atlantic.

Actinia fragaceaTugwell, 1856

Photo by Fenwick, David
 
Actinia fragacea
[Strawberry anemone]
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Actinia grobbeni
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Actinia kraemeri
[]
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Actinia nigropunctata
[]
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Actinia obtruncata
[]
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Actinia prasina
[]
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Actinia striata
[]

Harasti, David

Indo-West Pacific.

Actinia tenebrosaFarquhar, 1898

Photo by Harasti, David
 
Actinia tenebrosa
[]
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Actiniogeton ambonensis
[]
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Actiniogeton spenceri
[]
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Actinostella flosculifera
[]
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Actinostella radiata
[]
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Anemonia alicemartinae
[]
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Anemonia antillensis
[]
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Anemonia chubutensis
[]
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Anemonia elegans
[]
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Anemonia erythraea
[]
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Anemonia hemprichi
[]
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Anemonia manjano
[]
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Anemonia melanaster
[]
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Anemonia mutabilis
[]
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Anemonia natalensis
[Natal anemone]
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Anemonia sargassensis
[Sargassum anemone]

Fenwick, David

Mediterranean.

Anemonia sulcata(Pennant, 1777)

Photo by Fenwick, David
 
Anemonia sulcata
[Snakelocks anemone]

Scott, Sue

Northeast Atlantic and th

Anemonia viridis(Forsskål, 1775)

Photo by Scott, Sue
 
Anemonia viridis
[]
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Antheopsis australiensis
[]
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Antheopsis malayensis
[]
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Anthopleura africana
[]

Modi, Shuanak

Western Indian Ocean

Anthopleura anjunaeDen Hartog & Vennam, 1993

Photo by Modi, Shuanak
 
Anthopleura anjunae
[]
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Anthopleura anneae
[]
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Max. Length 7.5 cm WD
 
Anthopleura artemisia
[Moonglow anemone]
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Anthopleura asiatica
[]
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Anthopleura ballii
[]
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Anthopleura chinensis
[]

Modi, Shuanak

Northwest Pacific, Wester

Anthopleura dixoniana(Haddon & Shackleton, 1893)

Photo by Modi, Shuanak
 
Anthopleura dixoniana
[]
No picture found
 
Anthopleura dowii
[]
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Max. Length 8 cm WD
 
Anthopleura elegantissima
[Clonal anemone]
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Anthopleura foxi
[]

Modi, Shuanak

Eastern Indian Ocean, Wes

Anthopleura handiDunn, 1978

Photo by Modi, Shuanak
 
Anthopleura handi
[]
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Anthopleura hermaphroditica
[Armed hermaphroditic anemone]
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Anthopleura incerta
[]
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Anthopleura insignis
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Northwest Pacific.

Anthopleura japonicaVerrill, 1899

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Anthopleura japonica
[]
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Anthopleura kohli
[]
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Anthopleura krebsi
[Rock anemone]
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Anthopleura kurogane
[]
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Anthopleura listeri
[]
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Anthopleura mariae
[]
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Anthopleura michaelseni
[Long-tentacled anemone]

Choi, Jong-Kwan

Northwest Pacific, Wester

Anthopleura midoriUchida & Muramatsu, 1958

Photo by Choi, Jong-Kwan
 
Anthopleura midori
[]
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Anthopleura minima
[]
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Anthopleura mortenseni
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Anthopleura mortoni
[]
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Anthopleura nigrescens
[]
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Max. Length 6 cm WD
 
Anthopleura sola
[Sun anemone]
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Anthopleura stellula
[]
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Anthopleura thallia
[]
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Anthopleura variata
[]
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Anthopleura varioarmata
[]

Cowles, David

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm H
Anthopleura xanthogrammica(Brandt, 1835)

Photo by Cowles, David
 
Anthopleura xanthogrammica
[Giant green anemone]
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Anthostella badia
[]
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Anthostella stephensoni
[Violet-spotted anemone]
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Aulactinia capitata
[]
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Aulactinia incubans
[Incubating anemone]

Harvey-Clark, Chris

Arctic, Northwest Pacific

Aulactinia stella(Verrill, 1864)

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Aulactinia stella
[Gem anemone]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Southern Atlantic, Antarc

Bolocera kerguelensisStuder, 1879

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Bolocera kerguelensis
[]
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Bolocera paucicornis
[]
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Bolocera tuediae
[Deeplet sea anemone]
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Boloceropsis platei
[]
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Bunodactis aucklandica
[]
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Bunodactis hermaphoditica
[Unarmed hermaphroditic anemone]
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Bunodactis mortenseni
[]
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Bunodactis octoradiata
[Octamerous anemone]
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Bunodactis rubripunctata
[]
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Bunodactis texaensis
[]
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Bunodactis verrucosa
[]
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Bunodosoma biscayensis
[]
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Bunodosoma caissarum
[]
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Bunodosoma californica
[]
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Bunodosoma capensis
[Knobbly anemone]

O'Keefe, Jo

Western Atlantic

Bunodosoma cavernata(Bosc, 1802)

Photo by O'Keefe, Jo
 
Bunodosoma cavernata
[Warty sea anemone]
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Bunodosoma diadema
[]
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Bunodosoma fallax
[]
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Bunodosoma goanense
[]
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Bunodosoma grandis
[]
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Bunodosoma granuliferum
[]
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Bunodosoma kuekenthali
[]
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Bunodosoma sphaerulata
[]
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Cladactella manni
[Mann's anemone]
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Cladactella obscura
[]
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Cnidopus japonicus
[]

Giourgis, Hector

Endemic to the Mediterran
Max. Length 12 cm WD
Condylactis aurantiaca(Delle Chiaje, 1825)

Photo by Giourgis, Hector
 
Condylactis aurantiaca
[Golden delicious anemone]
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Condylactis gigantea
[Giant Caribbean anemone]
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Condylactis parvicornis
[]

Coudre, Christian

Endemic to the Mediterran
Max. Length 5 cm TL
Cribrinopsis crassa(Andres, 1881)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Cribrinopsis crassa
[]

Mc Daniel, Neil

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 25 cm H
Cribrinopsis fernaldiSiebert & Spaulding, 1976

Photo by Mc Daniel, Neil
 
Cribrinopsis fernaldi
[Chevron-tentacle anemone]
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Cribrinopsis rubens
[]
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Cribrinopsis similis
[]
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Cribrinopsis williamsi
[Williams anemone]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Central Pacific

Dofleinia armataWassilieff, 1908

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Dofleinia armata
[Armed anemone]

Palomares, Maria Lourdes D.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 40 cm WD
Entacmaea quadricolor(Leuckart, 1828)

Photo by Palomares, Maria Lourdes D.
 
Entacmaea quadricolor
[Bulb-tentacle sea anemone]
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Epiactis adeliana
[]
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Epiactis arctica
[Arctic brooding anemone]
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Epiactis australiensis
[]
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Epiactis brucei
[]
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Epiactis fernaldi
[Fernald brooding anemone]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic

Epiactis georgianaCarlgren, 1927

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Epiactis georgiana
[]
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Epiactis incerta
[]
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Epiactis irregularis
[]
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Epiactis lewisi
[]
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Epiactis lisbethae
[Giant brooding anemone]
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Epiactis marsupialis
[]
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Epiactis nordmanni
[]
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Max. Length 5 cm WD
 
Epiactis prolifera
[Brooding anemone]
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Epiactis ritteri
[Sandy anemone]
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Epiactis thompsoni
[]
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Epiactis vincentina
[]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic

Glyphoperidium bursaRoule, 1909

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Glyphoperidium bursa
[]
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Glyphostylum calyx
[]
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Gyractis sesere
[]
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Isactinia olivacea
[]
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Isantheopsis rosea
[]
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Isoaulactinia stelloides
[]
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Isocradactis magna
[]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Southeast Pacific, Southw

Isosicyonis alba(Studer, 1879)

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Isosicyonis alba
[]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic Atlantic

Isosicyonis striataRodríguez & López-González, 2008

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Isosicyonis striata
[]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Southwest Atlantic, South

Isotealia antarcticaCarlgren, 1899

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Isotealia antarctica
[Salmon anemone]
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Isotealia dubia
[]
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Korsaranthus natalensis
[]
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Leipsiceras pollens
[]
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Leipsiceras valens
[]
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Macrodactyla aspera
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Northwest Pacific, Wester

Macrodactyla doreensis(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Macrodactyla doreensis
[Corkscrew tentacle sea anemone]
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Macrodactyla fautinae
[]
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Mesactinia ganensis
[]
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Myonanthus ambiguus
[]
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Myonanthus bankamensis
[]
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Neocondylactis singaporensis
[]
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Neoparacondylactis haraldoi
[]
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Oulactis muscosa
[]
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Parabunodactis imperfecta
[]
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Parabunodactis inflexibilis
[]

Modi, Shuanak

Northwest Pacific, Southw

Paracondylactis hertwigi(Wassilieff, 1908)

Photo by Modi, Shuanak
 
Paracondylactis hertwigi
[]

Modi, Shuanak

Indo-West Pacific

Paracondylactis sinensisCarlgren, 1934

Photo by Modi, Shuanak
 
Paracondylactis sinensis
[]
No picture found
 
Paranemonia cinerea
[]
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Paranemonia vouliagmeniensis
[]
No picture found
 
Parantheopsis cruentata
[]
No picture found
 
Parantheopsis georgiana
[]
No picture found
 
Parantheopsis ocellata
[Star anemone]
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Parantheopsis vanhoeffeni
[]
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Phialoba steinbecki
[]
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Phlyctenactis morrisoni
[]

Harasti, David

Indo-Pacific.

Phlyctenactis tuberculosa(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Photo by Harasti, David
 
Phlyctenactis tuberculosa
[]
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Phlyctenanthus australis
[]
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Phlyctenanthus regularis
[]
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Phyllactis bradleyi
[]
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Phyllactis californica
[]
No picture found
 
Phyllactis cichoracea
[]
No picture found
 
Phyllactis concinnata
[]
No picture found
 
Phyllactis correae
[]
No picture found
 
Phyllactis digitata
[]
No picture found
 
Phyllactis excelsa
[]
No picture found
 
Phyllactis formosa
[]
No picture found
 
Phyllactis ornata
[]
No picture found
 
Phyllactis praetexta
[]
No picture found
 
Phyllactis striata
[]
No picture found
 
Phymactis clematis
[]
No picture found
 
Phymactis papillosa
[Blister anemone]
No picture found
 
Phymactis polydactyla
[]
No picture found
 
Phymactis pustulata
[]
No picture found
 
Phymactis sanctaehelenae
[]
No picture found
 
Pseudactinia flagellifera
[False plum anemone]
No picture found
 
Pseudactinia infecunda
[]
No picture found
 
Pseudactinia melanaster
[]
No picture found
 
Pseudactinia varia
[]
No picture found
 
Spheractis cheungae
[]
No picture found
 
Stylobates aeneus
[]
No picture found
 
Stylobates cancrisocia
[]
No picture found
 
Stylobates loisetteae
[]
No picture found
 
Synantheopsis parulekari
[]
No picture found
 
Synantheopsis primus
[]
No picture found
 
Tealia coriacea
[]
No picture found
 
Tealianthus pachyderma
[]
No picture found
 
Telactinia citrina
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 35 cm WD
 
Urticina columbiana
[Crusty red anemone]
No picture found

Max. Length 15 cm WD
 
Urticina coriacea
[Leathery anemone]
No picture found

Max. Length 20 cm WD
 
Urticina crassicornis
[Mottled anemone]
No picture found
 
Urticina fecunda
[]

Harvey-Clark, Chris

Northwest Pacific, Atlant

Urticina felina(Linnaeus, 1767)

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Urticina felina
[Painted anemone]
No picture found
 
Urticina grebelnyi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10 cm WD
 
Urticina lofotensis
[Spotted red anemone]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.5 cm WD
 
Urticina mcpeaki
[McPeak anemone]
No picture found

Max. Length 20 cm WD
 
Urticina piscivora
[Velvety red anemone]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic.

Urticinopsis antarctica(Verrill, 1922)

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Urticinopsis antarctica
[]
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Urticinopsis crassa
[]


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