''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):
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Urticina asiatica''
(Averincev, 1967)
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Urticina clandestina''
Sanamyan N., Sanamyan K. & McDaniel, 2013
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Urticina coccinea''
(Verrill, 1866)
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Urticina columbiana''
Verrill, 1922 – crusty red anemone, columbia sand anemone, sand anemone, and sand-rose anemone
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Urticina coriacea
''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 ...
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(Cuvier, 1798) – red beaded anemone
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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
''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 ( ...
'' 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 ...
'' (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 ( ...
'' Cocks, 1850
References
External links
Actiniidae
Hexacorallia genera
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
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