''Macrodactyla'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

sea anemone Sea anemones ( ) are a group of predation, predatory marine invertebrates constituting the order (biology), order Actiniaria. Because of their colourful appearance, they are named after the ''Anemone'', a terrestrial flowering plant. Sea anemone ...

in the family

Actiniidae Actiniidae is the largest family (biology), family of sea anemones, to which most common, temperate, shore species belong. Most members of this family do not participate in symbiosis, symbioses with fishes. Three exceptions are the bubble-tip an ...

. Species of ''Macrodactyla'' are typically found in waters near

Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

and

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

Species

At least three species of ''Macrodactyla'' have been described: * '' Macrodactyla aspera'' * '' Macrodactyla doreensis'' * '' Macrodactyla fautinae'' It has been proposed in 2023 for ''M. doreensis'' to be transferred to the genus, '' Heteractis''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5291408 Actiniidae Cnidarians of Australia Cnidarians of the Pacific Ocean