Biology:Urticina

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Short description: Genus of sea anemones

Urticina
Urticina piscivora 1.jpg
Urticina piscivora
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Actiniidae
Genus: Urticina
Ehrenberg, 1834 [1]
Species

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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.

Species

The following species are listed in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS):[2]

  • Urticina asiatica (Averincev, 1967)
  • Urticina clandestina Sanamyan N., Sanamyan K. & McDaniel, 2013
  • 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[3]
  • Urticina crassicornis (Müller, 1776) – Christmas anemone[4]
  • Urticina eques (Gosse, 1858) – white-spotted rose anemone or strawberry anemone
  • Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) – northern red anemone
  • Urticina grebelnyi Sanamyan, N.P. & Sanamyan, K.E., 2006
  • Urticina macloviana (Lesson, 1830)
  • Urticina mcpeaki Hauswaldt & Pearson, 1999
  • Urticina piscivora (Sebens & Laakso, 1978) – fish-eating anemone and fish-eating urticina
  • Urticina tuberculata Cocks, 1850

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3022921 entry