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Urticina

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Urticina

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Actiniidae

Phylum
  
Cnidaria

Order
  
Sea anemone

Urticina actiniariacomimgurticinaequesjpg

Lower classifications
  
Dahlia anemone, Fish‑eating Anemone

Sand rose anemone urticina columbiana


Urticina is a genus of relatively large and often colorful sea anemones in the family Actiniidae from the North Pacific, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.

Contents

Urticina MarLIN The Marine Life Information Network Dahlia anemone

Species

The following species are listed in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS):

Urticina Sea Anemone Urticina eques

  • Urticina asiatica (Averincev, 1967)
  • Urticina coccinea (Verrill, 1866)
  • Urticina columbiana Verrill, 1922 – crusty red anemone, columbia sand anemone, sand anemone, and sand-rose anemone
  • Urticina coriacea (Cuvier, 1798) – red beaded anemone
  • Urticina crassicornis (Müller, 1776) – Christmas anemone
  • Urticina eques (Gosse, 1858) (nomen dubium)
  • Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) – northern red anemone or dahlia anemone
  • Urticina grebelnyi Sanamyan, N.P. & Sanamyan, K.E., 2006
  • Urticina lessonii Duchassaing, 1850
  • Urticina lofotensis (Danielssen, 1890) – white-spotted rose anemone or strawberry anemone
  • Urticina macloviana (Lesson, 1830)
  • Urticina mcpeaki Hauswaldt & Pearson, 1999
  • Urticina piscivora (Sebens & Laakso, 1978)
  • Urticina tuberculata Cocks, 1850

    • Urticina Cnidarian Identification

    Urticina grebelnyi Painted Anemone

    References

    Urticina Wikipedia
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