''Actinia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea anemone
Sea anemones ( ) are a group of predation, predatory marine invertebrates constituting the order (biology), order Actiniaria. Because of their colourful appearance, they are named after the ''Anemone'', a terrestrial flowering plant. Sea anemone ...
s in the
family
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Actiniidae
Actiniidae is the largest family (biology), family of sea anemones, to which most common, temperate, shore species belong. Most members of this family do not participate in symbiosis, symbioses with fishes. Three exceptions are the bubble-tip an ...
. Actinia display a rare form of
heteromorphosis in which a cut inflicted on a specimen can develop into a second mouth.
Species
The following 63
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
are listed in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS):
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Actinia alba''
Risso, 1826
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Actinia annulata''
Gay, 1854
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Actinia aster''
Ellis, 1768
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Actinia australiensis''
Carlgren, 1950
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Actinia bermudensis''
(McMurrich, 1889)
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Actinia bicornis
''Actinia'' is a genus of sea anemones in the Family (biology), family Actiniidae. Actinia display a rare form of heteromorphosis in which a cut inflicted on a specimen can develop into a second mouth.
Species
The following 63 species are listed ...
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Müller, 1776
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Actinia capillata''
Gay, 1854
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Actinia cari''
Delle Chiaje, 1822
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Actinia chlorodactyla''
Brandt, 1835
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Actinia cinerea''
Gay, 1854
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Actinia cleopatrae''
Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834
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Actinia curta''
Drayton in Dana, 1846
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Actinia delicatula''
(Hertwig, 1888)
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Actinia dubia''
Lesson, 1830
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Actinia ebhayiensis''
Schama, Mitchell & Solé-Cava, 2011
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Actinia equina''
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
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Actinia erythrospilota''
Brandt, 1835
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Actinia fiscella''
Müller, 1789
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Actinia fragacea''
Tugwell, 1856, Strawberry anemone
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Actinia gelatinosa''
Moseley, 1877
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Actinia gemma''
Drayton in Dana, 1846
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Actinia gracilis''
Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834
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Actinia graminea''
Drayton in Dana, 1846
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Actinia grobbeni''
Watzl, 1922
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Actinia iris''
Müller, 1789
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Actinia kraemeri''
Pax, 1914
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Actinia laurentii''
Brandt, 1835
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Actinia mamillaris''
Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
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Actinia mediterranea''
Schmidt, 1971
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Actinia mertensii''
Brandt, 1835
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Actinia minutissima''
Le Sueur, 1817
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Actinia mucilaginosa''
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Actinia nigropunctata''
den Hartog & Ocaña, 2003
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Actinia obtruncata''
Stimpson, 1853
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Actinia ornata''
Holdsworth, 1855
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Actinia ostraearum''
Gay, 1854
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Actinia papuana''
Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
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Actinia prasina''
Gosse, 1860
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Actinia punctata''
Gay, 1854
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Actinia pusilla''
Swartz, 1788
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Actinia reclinata''
Bosc, 1802
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Actinia rosea''
Risso, 1826
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Actinia rosula''
Ehrenberg, 1834
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Actinia rubida''
Holdsworth, 1855
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Actinia rufa''
Müller, 1776
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Actinia sali''
Monteiro, Sole-Cava & Thorpe, 1997
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Actinia sanguineo-punctata''
Templeton, 1841
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Actinia simplex''
Ehrenberg, 1834
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Actinia sinensis
''Actinia'' is a genus of sea anemones in the family Actiniidae. Actinia display a rare form of heteromorphosis in which a cut inflicted on a specimen can develop into a second mouth.
Species
The following 63 species are listed in the World Reg ...
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Andres, 1883
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Actinia striata''
Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
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Actinia striata''
Rizzi, 1907
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Actinia strigata''
Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
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Actinia tabella''
Drayton in Dana, 1846
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Actinia taeniata''
Gay, 1854
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Actinia tenebrosa''
Farquhar, 1898
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Actinia tilesii''
Milne Edwards, 1857
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Actinia timida''
Verrill, 1868
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Actinia tongana''
Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
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Actinia truncata''
Müller, 1776
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Actinia varians''
Müller, 1806
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Actinia violacea''
Risso, 1826
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Actinia volva''
Müller, 1776
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Actinia zonata''
Rathke, 1836
Image:Actinia cari.jpg, '' Actinia cari''
Image:Aberdour bay, beadlet anemone in rock-pool - geograph.org.uk - 824521.jpg, '' Actinia equina''
Image:Strawberry anemone near Wembury.jpg, '' Actinia fragacea''
Image:Actinia schmidti.JPG, '' Actinia mediterranea''
Image:Actinia striata.jpg, '' Actinia striata''
Image:Actinia tenebrosa.jpg, '' Actinia tenebrosa''
References
Actiniidae
Hexacorallia genera
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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