198 Species in Family Actiniidae
Nominal species list for Actiniidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Actinia australiensis Carlgren, 1950
Actinia bermudensis (McMurrich, 1889) Maroon anemone
Actinia cari Delle Chiaje, 1822 Anemone-girdles
Actinia equina (Linnaeus, 1758) Beadlet anemone
Actinia fragacea Tugwell, 1856 Strawberry anemone
Actinia grobbeni Watzl, 1922
Actinia kraemeri Pax, 1914
Actinia nigropunctata den Hartog & Ocaña, 2003
Actinia obtruncata Stimpson, 1853
Actinia prasina Gosse, 1860
Actinia striata Rizzi, 1907
Actinia tenebrosa Farquhar, 1898
Actiniogeton ambonensis (Kwietniewski, 1898)
Actiniogeton spenceri (Haddon & Duerden, 1896)
Actinostella flosculifera (Le Sueur, 1817)
Actinostella radiata (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
Anemonia alicemartinae Haeussermann & Foersterra, 2001
Anemonia antillensis Pax, 1924
Anemonia chubutensis Zamponi & Acuña, 1992
Anemonia elegans Verrill, 1901
Anemonia erythraea (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834)
Anemonia hemprichi (Klunzinger, 1877)
Anemonia manjano Carlgren, 1900
Anemonia melanaster (Verrill, 1901)
Anemonia mutabilis Verrill, 1928
Anemonia natalensis Carlgren, 1938 Natal anemone
Anemonia sargassensis Hargitt, 1908 Sargassum anemone
Anemonia sulcata (Pennant, 1777) Snakelocks anemone
Anemonia viridis (Forsskål, 1775)
Antheopsis australiensis Carlgren, 1950
Antheopsis malayensis England, 1987
Anthopleura africana (Carlgren, 1900)
Anthopleura anjunae Den Hartog & Vennam, 1993
Anthopleura anneae Carlgren, 1940
Anthopleura artemisia (Pickering, 1846) Moonglow anemone
Anthopleura asiatica Uchida & Muramatsu, 1958
Anthopleura ballii (Cocks, 1851)
Anthopleura chinensis England, 1992
Anthopleura dixoniana (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893)
Anthopleura dowii Verrill, 1869
Anthopleura elegantissima (Brandt, 1835) Clonal anemone
Anthopleura foxi Carlgren, 1927
Anthopleura handi Dunn, 1978
Anthopleura hermaphroditica (Carlgren, 1899) Armed hermaphroditic anemone
Anthopleura incerta England, 1992
Anthopleura insignis Carlgren, 1940
Anthopleura japonica Verrill, 1899
Anthopleura kohli Carlgren, 1930
Anthopleura krebsi Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1860 Rock anemone
Anthopleura kurogane Uchida & Muramatsu, 1958
Anthopleura listeri (Johnson, 1861)
Anthopleura mariae Vassallo-Avalos, González-Muñoz,Acuña & Rivas, 2020
Anthopleura michaelseni (Pax, 1920) Long-tentacled anemone
Anthopleura midori Uchida & Muramatsu, 1958
Anthopleura minima (Stuckey & Walton, 1910)
Anthopleura mortenseni Carlgren, 1941
Anthopleura mortoni England, 1992
Anthopleura nigrescens (Verrill, 1928)
Anthopleura sola Pearse & Francis, 2000 Sun anemone
Anthopleura stellula (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834)
Anthopleura thallia (Gosse, 1854)
Anthopleura varioarmata Watzl, 1922
Anthopleura xanthogrammica (Brandt, 1835) Giant green anemone
Anthostella badia (Carlgren, 1900)
Anthostella stephensoni Carlgren, 1938 Violet-spotted anemone
Aulactinia capitata Agassiz, 1849
Aulactinia incubans Dunn, Chia, & Levine, 1980 Incubating anemone
Aulactinia stella (Verrill, 1864) Gem anemone
Bolocera kerguelensis Studer, 1879
Bolocera paucicornis Dunn, 1893
Bolocera tuediae (Johnston, 1832) Deeplet sea anemone
Boloceropsis platei McMurrich, 1904
Bunodactis aucklandica Carlgren, 1927
Bunodactis hermaphoditica Carlgren, 1959 Unarmed hermaphroditic anemone
Bunodactis mortenseni (Carlgren, 1924)
Bunodactis octoradiata (Carlgren, 1899) Octamerous anemone
Bunodactis rubripunctata (Grube, 1840)
Bunodactis texaensis Carlgren & Hedgpeth, 1952
Bunodactis verrucosa (Pennant, 1777)
Bunodosoma biscayensis (Fischer, 1874)
Bunodosoma caissarum Corrêa, 1987
Bunodosoma californica Carlgren, 1951
Bunodosoma capensis (Lesson, 1830) Knobbly anemone
Bunodosoma cavernata (Bosc, 1802) Warty sea anemone
Bunodosoma diadema (Drayton, 1846)
Bunodosoma fallax (Pax, 1922)
Bunodosoma goanense den Hartog & Vennam, 1993
Bunodosoma grandis (Verrill, 1869)
Bunodosoma granulifera (Le Sueur, 1817)
Bunodosoma kuekenthali Pax, 1910
Bunodosoma sphaerulata Duerden, 1902
Cladactella manni (Verrill, 1899) Mann's anemone
Cladactella obscura Verrill, 1928
Cnidopus japonicus (Verrill, 1870)
Condylactis aurantiaca (Delle Chiaje, 1825) Golden delicious anemone
Condylactis gigantea (Weinland, 1860) Giant Caribbean anemone
Condylactis parvicornis Kwietniewski, 1898
Cribrinopsis crassa (Andres, 1881)
Cribrinopsis fernaldi Siebert & Spaulding, 1976 Chevron-tentacle anemone
Cribrinopsis rubens Sanamyan, Sanamyan, McDaniel, Martynov, Korshunova & Bocharova, 2019
Cribrinopsis similis Carlgren, 1921
Cribrinopsis williamsi Carlgren, 1940 Williams anemone
Dofleinia armata Wassilieff, 1908 Armed anemone
Entacmaea quadricolor (Leuckart, 1828) Bulb-tentacle sea anemone
Epiactis adeliana Carlgren & Stephenson, 1929
Epiactis arctica (Verrill, 1868) Arctic brooding anemone
Epiactis australiensis Carlgren, 1950
Epiactis brucei Carlgren, 1939
Epiactis fernaldi Fautin & Chia, 1986 Fernald brooding anemone
Epiactis georgiana Carlgren, 1927
Epiactis incerta Carlgren, 1921
Epiactis irregularis Carlgren, 1951
Epiactis lewisi Carlgren, 1940
Epiactis lisbethae Fautin & Chia, 1986 Giant brooding anemone
Epiactis marsupialis Carlgren, 1901
Epiactis nordmanni Carlgren, 1921
Epiactis prolifera Verrill, 1869 Brooding anemone
Epiactis ritteri Torrey, 1902 Sandy anemone
Epiactis thompsoni (Coughtrey, 1875)
Epiactis vincentina Carlgren, 1939
Glyphoperidium bursa Roule, 1909
Glyphostylum calyx Roule, 1909
Gyractis sesere (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893)
Isactinia olivacea (Hutton, 1878)
Isantheopsis rosea (Studer, 1879)
Isoaulactinia stelloides (McMurrich, 1889)
Isocradactis magna (Stuckey, 1909)
Isosicyonis alba (Studer, 1879)
Isosicyonis striata Rodríguez & López-González, 2008
Isotealia antarctica Carlgren, 1899 Salmon anemone
Isotealia dubia (Wassilieff, 1908)
Korsaranthus natalensis (Carlgren, 1938)
Leipsiceras pollens (McMurrich, 1898)
Leipsiceras valens Carlgren, 1943
Macrodactyla aspera (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893)
Macrodactyla doreensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Corkscrew tentacle sea anemone
Macrodactyla fautinae Yap, Mitchell, Quek & Huang, 2023
Mesactinia ganensis England, 1987
Myonanthus ambiguus McMurrich, 1893
Myonanthus bankamensis Carlgren, 1928
Neocondylactis singaporensis England, 1987
Neoparacondylactis haraldoi Zamponi, 1974
Oulactis muscosa (Drayton, 1846)
Parabunodactis imperfecta Zamponi & Acuña, 1992
Parabunodactis inflexibilis (Carlgren, 1928)
Paracondylactis hertwigi (Wassilieff, 1908)
Paracondylactis sinensis Carlgren, 1934
Paranemonia cinerea (Contarini, 1845)
Paranemonia vouliagmeniensis Doumenc, England & Chintiroglou, 1987
Parantheopsis cruentata (Couthouy, 1846)
Parantheopsis georgiana (Pfeffer, 1889)
Parantheopsis ocellata (Lesson, 1830) Star anemone
Parantheopsis vanhoeffeni (Pax, 1922)
Phialoba steinbecki Carlgren, 1949
Phlyctenactis morrisoni Stuckey, 1909
Phlyctenactis tuberculosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Phlyctenanthus australis Carlgren, 1949
Phlyctenanthus regularis Zamponi & Acuña, 1992
Phyllactis bradleyi (Verrill, 1869)
Phyllactis californica (McMurrich, 1893)
Phyllactis cichoracea Milne-Edwards, 1876
Phyllactis concinnata (Drayton, 1846)
Phyllactis correae Schlenz & Belém, 1992
Phyllactis digitata (McMurrich, 1893)
Phyllactis excelsa (Wassilieff, 1908)
Phyllactis formosa (Duchassaing, 1850)
Phyllactis ornata (Verrill, 1869)
Phyllactis praetexta (Couthouy, 1846)
Phyllactis striata Wassilieff, 1908
Phymactis clematis (Drayton, 1846)
Phymactis papillosa (Lesson, 1830) Blister anemone
Phymactis polydactyla Hutton, 1878
Phymactis pustulata (Couthouy, 1846)
Phymactis sanctaehelenae (Lesson, 1830)
Pseudactinia flagellifera (Drayton, 1846) False plum anemone
Pseudactinia infecunda (McMurrich, 1893)
Pseudactinia melanaster (Verrill, 1901)
Pseudactinia varia Carlgren, 1938
Spheractis cheungae England, 1992
Stylobates aeneus Dall, 1903
Stylobates cancrisocia (Carlgren, 1928)
Stylobates loisetteae Fautin, 1987
Synantheopsis parulekari den Hartog & Vennam, 1993
Synantheopsis primus England, 1992
Tealia coriacea (Cuvier, 1798)
Tealianthus pachyderma (Pax, 1922)
Telactinia citrina (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893)
Urticina columbiana Verrill, 1922 Crusty red anemone
Urticina coriacea (Cuvier, 1798) Leathery anemone
Urticina crassicornis (Müller, 1776) Mottled anemone
Urticina fecunda (Verrill, 1899)
Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1767) Painted anemone
Urticina grebelnyi Sanamyan & Sanamyan, 2006
Urticina lofotensis (Danielssen, 1890) Spotted red anemone
Urticina mcpeaki Hauswaldt & Pearson, 1999 McPeak anemone
Urticina piscivora (Sebens & Laakso, 1978) Velvety red anemone
Urticinopsis antarctica (Verrill, 1922)
Urticinopsis crassa Carlgren, 1938
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