Sea Anemones
Actiniaria
Sea anemones are a group of marine, predatory animals of the order Actiniaria. They are named after the anemone, a terrestrial flowering plant, because of the colourful appearance of many. Sea anemones are classified in the phylum Cnidaria, class Anthozoa, subclass Hexacorallia. As cnidarians, sea anemones are related to corals, jellyfish, tube-dwelling anemones, and Hydra. Unlike jellyfish, sea anemones do not have a medusa stage in their life cycle.
11 branches of this order, most-observed first
Enthemonae
suborderEnthemonae
Anenthemonae
suborderAnenthemonae
Paractinia
genusParactinia
Paractis
genusParactis
Physactis
genusPhysactis
Antheomorphidae
familyAntheomorphidae
Sarcophinanthidae
familySarcophinanthidae
Chrysoela
genusChrysoela
Nynantheae
suborderNynantheae
Helenmonae
suborderHelenmonae
Eumenides
genusEumenides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47797.