''Anemonia'' is a genus 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 belonging to the family
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 ...
.
Species
The following 21 species are recognized:
* ''
Anemonia alicemartinae''
Häussermann & Försterra, 2001
* ''
Anemonia antilliensis''
Pax, 1924
* ''
Anemonia cereus''
Contarini, 1844
* ''
Anemonia chubutensis''
Zamponi et Acuña, 1992
* ''
Anemonia clavata''
(Milne Edwards, 1857)
* ''
Anemonia crystallina''
(Hemprich et Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)
* ''
Anemonia depressa''
Duchassaing de Fonbressin et Michelotti, 1860
* ''
Anemonia elegans''
Verrill, 1901
* ''
Anemonia erythraea''
(Hemprich et Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)
* ''
Anemonia gracilis''
(Quoy et Gaimard, 1833)
* ''
Anemonia hemprichi''
(Klunzinger, 1877)
* ''
Anemonia indica''
Parulekar, 1968
* ''
Anemonia insessa''
Gravier, 1918
* ''
Anemonia manjano''
Carlgren, 1900
* ''
Anemonia melanaster''
(Verrill, 1901)
* ''
Anemonia milneedwardsii''
(Milne Edwards, 1857)
* ''
Anemonia mutabilis''
Verrill, 1928
* ''
Anemonia natalensis''
Carlgren, 1938
* ''
Anemonia sargassensis''
Hargitt, 1908
* ''
Anemonia sulcata
''Anemonia sulcata'', or Mediterranean snakelocks sea anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family (biology), family Actiniidae from the Mediterranean Sea. Whether ''A. sulcata'' should be recognized as a Synonym (taxonomy), synonym of ''An ...
''
(Pennant, 1777)
* ''
Anemonia viridis'' (
Snakelocks anemone
The snakelocks anemone (''Anemonia viridis'') is a sea anemone found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The latter population is however sometimes considered a separate species, the Mediterranean snakelocks anemone (''A. s ...
)
(Forskål, 1775)
References
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Actiniidae
Hexacorallia genera
Taxa named by Antoine Risso
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