''Edwardsia'' is a genus of
sea anemones, the
type of the family
Edwardsiidae. They have eight
mesenteries
In zoology, a mesentery is a membrane inside the body cavity of an animal. The term identifies different structures in different phyla: in vertebrates it is a double fold of the peritoneum enclosing the intestines; in other organisms it forms com ...
and live in tubes in the sand. The name, in
New Latin
New Latin (also called Neo-Latin or Modern Latin) is the revival of Literary Latin used in original, scholarly, and scientific works since about 1500. Modern scholarly and technical nomenclature, such as in zoological and botanical taxonomy ...
, commemorates the French zoologist
Henri Milne-Edwards.
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 New Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the ...
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England, 1990
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Edwardsia beautempsii
''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 New Latin
New Latin (also called Neo-Latin or Modern Latin) is the revival of Litera ...
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Quatrefages, 1842
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Edwardsia californica''
(McMurrich, 1913)
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Edwardsia capensis''
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 New Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the ...
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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 New Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the ...
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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 New Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the ...
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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 New Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the ...
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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 New Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the ...
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Carlgren, 1921
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Edwardsia delapiae''
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 New Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the ...
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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 New Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the ...
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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 New Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the ...
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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 New Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards
Henri Milne-Edwards (23 O ...
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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 New Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards
Henri Milne-Edwards (23 O ...
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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''
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''
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
''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 New Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.
The genus contains the ...
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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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