''Urticina'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of relatively large and often colorful sea anemones in the

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

from the North Pacific, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.

Species

The following

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are listed in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS): *''

Urticina asiatica ''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 (WoR ...

'' (Averincev, 1967) *''

Urticina clandestina ''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 (WoR ...

'' 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 ''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 (WoR ...

'' (Cuvier, 1798) – red beaded anemone *''

Urticina crassicornis ''Urticina crassicornis'', commonly known as the mottled anemone, the painted anemone or the Christmas anemone, is a large and common intertidal and subtidal sea anemone. Its habitat includes a large portion of the coastal areas of the northern ...

'' (Müller, 1776) – Christmas anemone''Urticina crassicornis'' (Christmas anemone)
, WSU BeachWatchers *'' Urticina eques'' (Gosse, 1858) – white-spotted rose anemone or strawberry anemone *'' Urticina felina'' (Linnaeus, 1761) – northern red anemone *''

Urticina grebelnyi ''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 (WoR ...

'' Sanamyan, N.P. & Sanamyan, K.E., 2006 *''

Urticina macloviana ''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 (WoR ...

'' (Lesson, 1830) *''

Urticina mcpeaki ''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 (WoR ...

'' Hauswaldt & Pearson, 1999 *''

Urticina piscivora ''Urticina piscivora'', common names fish-eating anemone and fish-eating urticina, is a northeast Pacific species of sea anemone in the family Actiniidae. Description ''Urticina piscivora'' is a large anemone, growing to a maximum height of a ...

'' (Sebens & Laakso, 1978) – fish-eating anemone and fish-eating urticina *''

Urticina tuberculata ''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 (WoR ...

'' Cocks, 1850

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Actiniidae Hexacorallia genera Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg {{Actiniaria-stub