''Urticina'' is a
genus of relatively large and often colorful
sea anemone
Sea anemones are a group of predation, predatory marine invertebrates of the order (biology), order Actiniaria. Because of their colourful appearance, they are named after the ''Anemone'', a terrestrial flowering plant. Sea anemones are classifi ...
s 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):
*''
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
*''
Urticina crassicornis''
(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'' 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
External links
Actiniidae
Hexacorallia genera
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
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