Anthopleura

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Anthopleura
Anthopleura xanthogrammica 1.jpg
Anthopleura xanthogrammica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Actiniidae
Genus: Anthopleura
Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1860 [1]
Species
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Synonyms
  • Anthpleura

Anthopleura is a genus of sea anemones, of the family Actiniidae.

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Etymology

Anthopleura is Greek; anthōs, flowers and pleura, ribs.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, this genus includes 49 species: [2]

ImageSpecies
Anthopleura africana (Carlgren, 1900)
Anthopleura ambonensis (Kwietniewski, 1898)
Anthopleura anjunae Den Hartog & Vennam, 1993
Anthopleura anneae Carlgren, 1940
Anthopleura artemisia (Moonglow Anemone).jpg Anthopleura artemisia (Pickering in Dana, 1846)
Anthopleura asiatica Uchida & Muramatsu, 1958
Anthopleura atodai Yanagi & Daly, 2004
Anthopleura ballii Cocks, 1851
Anthopleura biscayensis Fischer, 1874
Anthopleura buddemeieri Fautin, 2005
Anthopleura chinensis England, 1992
Anthopleura dalyae González-Muñoz, Garese & Acuña, 2018
Anthopleura dixoniana Haddon & Shackleton, 1893
Anthopleura dowii Verrill, 1869
Anthopleura elegantissima, isla Santa Cruz.jpg Aggregating anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima) (Brandt, 1835)
Anthopleura foxi Carlgren, 1927
Anthopleura fuscoviridis Carlgren, 1949
Anthopleura haddoni (Kwietniewski, 1898)
Anthopleura handi Dunn, 1978
Anthopleura hermaphroditica (Carlgren, 1899)
Anthopleura incerta England, 1992
Anthopleura inconspicua (Hutton, 1878)
Anthopleura insignis Carlgren, 1940
Anthopleura japonica Verrill, 1899
Anthopleura kohli Carlgren, 1930
Anthopleura krebsi Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860
Anthopleura kurogane Uchida & Muramatsu, 1958
Anthopleura mariae Vassallo-Avalos, González-Muñoz, Acuña & Rivas, 2020
Anthopleura mariscali Daly & Fautin, 2004
Anthopleura michaelseni2.jpg Long-tentacled anemone (Anthopleura michaelseni) (Pax, 1920)
Anthopleura minima (Stuckey & Walton, 1910)
Anthopleura mortenseni Carlgren, 1941
Anthopleura mortoni England, 1992
Anthopleura nigrescens (Verrill, 1928)
Anthopleura pallida Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1866
Anthopleura panikkarii Parulekar, 1968
Anthopleura qingdaoensis Pei, 1994
Anthopleura radians Spano & Häussermann, 2017
Anthopleura rosea rasshamra cc-by 01.jpg Anthopleura rosea (Stuckey & Walton, 1910)
Anthopleura sanctaehelenae Carlgren, 1941
Anthopleura sola - (Giant Green Anemone) (6497660529).jpg Anthopleura sola Pearse & Francis, 2000
Anthopleura stellula Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834
Anthopleura stimpsonii Verrill, 1869
Anthopleura texaensis Carlgren & Hedgpeth, 1952
Anthopleura thallia Gosse, 1854
Anthopleura variata Vassallo-Avalos, González-Muñoz, Morrone, Acuña, Durán-Fuentes, Stampar,Solís-Marín, and Rivas 2024
Anthopleura varioarmata Watzl, 1922
Anthopleura waridi (Carlgren, 1900)
Anthopleura xanthogrammica 1.jpg Anthopleura xanthogrammica (Brandt, 1835)

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References

  1. WoRMS (2024). "Anthopleura Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1860". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Anthopleura Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1860". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-10-25.