''Edwardsia'' is a genus of
sea anemone
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of the family
Edwardsiidae
Edwardsiidae is a Family (biology), family of sea anemones. Edwardsiids have long thin bodies and live buried in sediments or in holes or crevices in rock.
Genera
The following genera are recognized within the family Edwardsiidae.
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. They have eight
mesenteries
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and live in tubes in the sand. The name, in
Neo-Latin
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, commemorates the French zoologist
Henri Milne-Edwards
Henri Milne-Edwards (23 October 1800 – 29 July 1885) was a French zoologist.
Biography
Henri Milne-Edwards was the 27th child of William Edwards, an English planter and colonel of the militia in Jamaica and Elisabeth Vaux, a Frenchwoman. Hen ...
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The genus contains the following species:
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Edwardsia allmani''
McIntosh, 1866
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Edwardsia alternobomen''
Izumi & Fujita, 2019
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Edwardsia andresi''
Danielssen, 1890
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Edwardsia annamensis''
Carlgren, 1943
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Edwardsia arctica''
Carlgren, 1921
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Edwardsia arenosa''
Klunzinger, 1877
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Edwardsia athalyei
''Edwardsia'' is a genus of sea anemones, the type of the family Edwardsiidae. They have eight mesenteries and live in tubes in the sand. The name, in Neo-Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the fol ...
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England, 1990
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Edwardsia beautempsii
''Edwardsia'' is a genus of sea anemones, the type genus, type of the family Edwardsiidae. They have eight Mesentery (zoology), mesenteries and live in tubes in the sand. The name, in Neo-Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwa ...
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Quatrefages, 1842
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Edwardsia californica''
(McMurrich, 1913)
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Edwardsia capensis
''Edwardsia'' is a genus of sea anemones, the type of the family Edwardsiidae. They have eight mesenteries and live in tubes in the sand. The name, in Neo-Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the fol ...
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Carlgren, 1938
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Edwardsia carlgreni''
Carlgren, 1921
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Edwardsia claparedii''
(Panceri, 1869)
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Edwardsia clavata
''Edwardsia'' is a genus of sea anemones, the type of the family Edwardsiidae. They have eight mesenteries and live in tubes in the sand. The name, in Neo-Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the fol ...
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(Rathke, 1843)
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Edwardsia collaris
''Edwardsia'' is a genus of sea anemones, the type of the family Edwardsiidae. They have eight mesenteries and live in tubes in the sand. The name, in Neo-Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the fol ...
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Stimpson, 1856
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Edwardsia coriacea
''Edwardsia'' is a genus of sea anemones, the type of the family Edwardsiidae. They have eight mesenteries and live in tubes in the sand. The name, in Neo-Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the fol ...
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Moseley, 1877
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Edwardsia costata
''Edwardsia'' is a genus of sea anemones, the type of the family Edwardsiidae. They have eight mesenteries and live in tubes in the sand. The name, in Neo-Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the fol ...
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Danielssen, 1890
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Edwardsia danica
''Edwardsia'' is a genus of sea anemones, the type of the family Edwardsiidae. They have eight mesenteries and live in tubes in the sand. The name, in Neo-Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the fol ...
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Carlgren, 1921
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Edwardsia delapiae
''Edwardsia delapiae'' is a species of sea anemone which is currently only known from its type locality in South-West Ireland.
Description
This species of sea anemone has an elongated column; divided into scapus and scapulus. There are 16 tentacl ...
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Carlgren & Stephenson, 1928
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Edwardsia duodecemtentaculata
''Edwardsia'' is a genus of sea anemones, the type of the family Edwardsiidae. They have eight mesenteries and live in tubes in the sand. The name, in Neo-Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the fol ...
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Carlgren, 1931
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Edwardsia elegans
''Edwardsia'' is a genus of sea anemones, the type of the family Edwardsiidae. They have eight mesenteries and live in tubes in the sand. The name, in Neo-Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the fol ...
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Verrill, 1869
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Edwardsia finmarchica
''Edwardsia'' is a genus of sea anemones, the type of the family Edwardsiidae. They have eight mesenteries and live in tubes in the sand. The name, in Neo-Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the fol ...
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Carlgren, 1921
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Edwardsia flaccida
''Edwardsia'' is a genus of sea anemones, the type of the family Edwardsiidae. They have eight mesenteries and live in tubes in the sand. The name, in Neo-Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the fol ...
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Marion, 1882
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Edwardsia fusca
''Edwardsia'' is a genus of sea anemones, the type of the family Edwardsiidae. They have eight mesenteries and live in tubes in the sand. The name, in Neo-Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the fol ...
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Danielssen, 1890
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Edwardsia goodsiri''
M'Intosh, 1866
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Edwardsia handi''
Daly & Ljubenkov, 2008
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Edwardsia inachi''
Sanamyan, Sanamyan & Schories, 2015
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Edwardsia incerta''
Carlgren, 1921
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Edwardsia isimangaliso''
Daly ''et al.'', 2012
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Edwardsia islandica''
Carlgren, 1921
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Edwardsia ivelli
Ivell's sea anemone (''Edwardsia ivelli'') is a possibly extinct species of sea anemone in the family Edwardsiidae. It is endemic to a single location, Widewater Lagoon in West Sussex, England, where it was first discovered by Richard Ivell b ...
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Manuel, 1975
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Edwardsia japonica''
Carlgren, 1931
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Edwardsia jonesii''
Seshaiya & Cuttress, 1969
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Edwardsia juliae''
Daly & Ljubenkov, 2008
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Edwardsia kameruniensis''
Carlgren, 1927
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Edwardsia longicornis''
Carlgren, 1921
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Edwardsia mammillata''
Bourne, 1916
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Edwardsia maroccana''
Carlgren, 1931
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Edwardsia mcmurrichi''
Daly & Ljubenkov, 2008
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Edwardsia meridionalis
''Edwardsia'' is a genus of sea anemones, the type of the family Edwardsiidae. They have eight mesenteries and live in tubes in the sand. The name, in Neo-Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the fol ...
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Williams, 1981
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Edwardsia migottoi''
Gusmão, Brandão & Daly, 2016
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Edwardsia neozelanica''
Farquhar, 1898
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Edwardsia norvegica''
Carlgren, 1942
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Edwardsia novazelanica''
Farquhar, 1898
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Edwardsia octoplax''
(Sluiter, 1888)
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Edwardsia octoradiata''
Carlgren, 1931
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Edwardsia olguini''
Daly & Ljubenkov, 2008
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Edwardsia perdita''
Williams, 1981
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Edwardsia profunda''
Daly & Ljubenkov, 2008
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Edwardsia rigida''
Marion, 1882
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Edwardsia rubricollum''
Stimpson, 1856
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Edwardsia rugosa''
Bourne, 1916
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Edwardsia sanctaehelenae''
Carlgren, 1941
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Edwardsia scabra''
Marion, 1882
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Edwardsia sipunculoides''
(Stimpson, 1853)
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Edwardsia sojabio''
Sanamyan N. & Sanamyan K., 2013
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Edwardsia sulcata''
Verrill, 1864
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Edwardsia tecta''
Haddon, 1889
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Edwardsia timida''
Quatrefages, 1842
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Edwardsia tinctrix''
Annandale, 1915
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Edwardsia tuberculata''
Duben & Koren, 1847
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Edwardsia vegae''
Carlgren, 1921
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Edwardsia vitrea''
(Danielssen, 1890)
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Edwardsia vivipara''
Carlgren, 1950
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Edwardsia willeyana''
Bourne, 1916
References
Edwardsiidae
Hexacorallia genera
Taxa named by Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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