Edwardsiidae

Edwardsiidae
The sea anemone Edwardsia claparedii at Valentia Island, County Kerry, Ireland.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Anthozoa
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Actiniaria
Superfamily:	Edwardsioidea
Family:	Edwardsiidae Andres, 1881
Genera
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Edwardsiidae is a family of sea anemones. ^[1] Edwardsiids have long thin bodies and live buried in sediments or in holes or crevices in rock. ^[2]

Genera

The following genera are recognized within the family Edwardsiidae.

• Drillactis Verrill, 1922
• Edwardsia Quatrefages, 1842
• Edwardsianthus England, 1987
• Edwardsiella Andres, 1883
• Halcampogeton Carlgren, 1937
• Isoedwardsia Carlgren, 1900
• Milne-Edwardsia Carlgren, 1892
• Nematostella Stephenson, 1935
• Paraedwardsia Carlgren in Nordgaard, 1905
• Scolanthus Gosse, 1853
• Synhalcampella
• Tempuractis

References

1. WoRMS (2018). "Edwardsiidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved August 29, 2018.
2. Rodríguez, Estefanía; Barbeitos, Marcos S.; Brugler, Mercer R.; Crowley, Louise M.; Grajales, Alejandro; Gusmão, Luciana; Häussermann, Verena; Reft, Abigail; Daly, Marymegan; Colgan, Donald James (2014). "Hidden among sea anemones: The first comprehensive phylogenetic reconstruction of the order Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) reveals a novel group of hexacorals". PLOS ONE. 9 (5): e96998. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...996998R. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096998 . PMC   4013120 . PMID   24806477.