Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Actinia australiensis				1950
Actinia bermudensis	Maroon anemone	Western Atlantic		1889
Actinia cari	Anemone-girdles	Endemic to the Mediterran	6 H	1822
Actinia equina	Beadlet anemone	North and South Atlantic,	8 H	1758
Actinia fragacea	Strawberry anemone	Northeast Atlantic.		1856
Actinia grobbeni		Northeast Atlantic.		1922
Actinia kraemeri		Northeast Atlantic.		1914
Actinia nigropunctata		Northeast Atlantic.		2003
Actinia obtruncata		Northwest Atlantic		1853
Actinia prasina		Northwest Atlantic		1860
Actinia striata		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1907
Actinia tenebrosa		Indo-West Pacific.		1898
Actiniogeton ambonensis		Indo-West Pacific.		1898
Actiniogeton spenceri		Indo-West Pacific.		1896
Actinostella flosculifera		Western Central Atlantic		1817
Actinostella radiata		Western Central Atlantic		1860
Anemonia alicemartinae		Southeast Pacific		2001
Anemonia antillensis		Southeast Pacific		1924
Anemonia chubutensis		Southeast Pacific		1992
Anemonia elegans		Southeast Pacific		1901
Anemonia erythraea		Southeast Pacific		1834
Anemonia hemprichi		Southeast Pacific		1877
Anemonia manjano		Southeast Pacific		1900
Anemonia melanaster		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1901
Anemonia mutabilis		Eastern Pacific		1928
Anemonia natalensis	Natal anemone	Western Indian Ocean.		1938
Anemonia sargassensis	Sargassum anemone	Western Atlantic		1908
Anemonia sulcata	Snakelocks anemone	Mediterranean.		1777
Anemonia viridis		Northeast Atlantic and th		1775
Antheopsis australiensis		Northeast Atlantic and th		1950
Antheopsis malayensis		Northeast Atlantic and th		1987
Anthopleura africana		Northeast Atlantic and th		1900
Anthopleura anjunae		Western Indian Ocean		1993
Anthopleura anneae		Southeast Atlantic, South		1940
Anthopleura artemisia	Moonglow anemone	Eastern Pacific	7.5 WD	1846
Anthopleura asiatica		Eastern Pacific		1958
Anthopleura ballii		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1851
Anthopleura chinensis		Northwest Pacific		1992
Anthopleura dixoniana		Northwest Pacific, Wester		1893
Anthopleura dowii		Eastern Pacific.		1869
Anthopleura elegantissima	Clonal anemone	Eastern Pacific	8 WD	1835
Anthopleura foxi		Eastern Pacific		1927
Anthopleura handi		Eastern Indian Ocean, Wes		1978
Anthopleura hermaphroditica	Armed hermaphroditic anemone	Southeast Pacific		1899
Anthopleura incerta		Northwest Pacific		1992
Anthopleura insignis		Northwest Pacific		1940
Anthopleura japonica		Northwest Pacific.		1899
Anthopleura kohli		Northwest Pacific.		1930
Anthopleura krebsi	Rock anemone	Western Atlantic		1860
Anthopleura kurogane		Eastern Central Pacific,		1958
Anthopleura listeri		Eastern Central Pacific,		1861
Anthopleura mariae		Eastern Central Pacific		2020
Anthopleura michaelseni	Long-tentacled anemone	Southeast Atlantic, Weste		1920
Anthopleura midori		Northwest Pacific, Wester		1958
Anthopleura minima		Northwest Pacific, Wester		1910
Anthopleura mortenseni		Northwest Pacific, Wester		1941
Anthopleura mortoni		Northwest Pacific		1992
Anthopleura nigrescens		Indo-Pacific.		1928
Anthopleura sola	Sun anemone	Eastern Pacific	6 WD	2000
Anthopleura stellula		Western Indian Ocean.		1834
Anthopleura thallia		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1854
Anthopleura varioarmata		Western Atlantic		1922
Anthopleura xanthogrammica	Giant green anemone	Eastern Pacific	30 H	1835
Anthostella badia		Eastern Pacific		1900
Anthostella stephensoni	Violet-spotted anemone	Southeast Atlantic.		1938
Aulactinia capitata		Western Atlantic		1849
Aulactinia incubans	Incubating anemone	Eastern Pacific and North		1980
Aulactinia stella	Gem anemone	Arctic, Northwest Pacific		1864
Bolocera kerguelensis		Southern Atlantic, Antarc		1879
Bolocera paucicornis		Southern Atlantic, Antarc		1893
Bolocera tuediae	Deeplet sea anemone	Arctic and Atlantic		1832
Boloceropsis platei		Arctic and Atlantic		1904
Bunodactis aucklandica		Arctic and Atlantic		1927
Bunodactis hermaphoditica	Unarmed hermaphroditic anemone	Southeast Pacific		1959
Bunodactis mortenseni		Southeast Pacific		1924
Bunodactis octoradiata	Octamerous anemone	Southwest Atlantic and So		1899
Bunodactis rubripunctata		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1840
Bunodactis texaensis		Western Atlantic		1952
Bunodactis verrucosa		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1777
Bunodosoma biscayensis		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1874
Bunodosoma caissarum		Southwest Atlantic.		1987
Bunodosoma californica		Eastern Central Pacific.		1951
Bunodosoma capensis	Knobbly anemone	Southeast Atlantic, South		1830
Bunodosoma cavernata	Warty sea anemone	Western Atlantic		1802
Bunodosoma diadema		Western Atlantic		1846
Bunodosoma fallax		Western Atlantic		1922
Bunodosoma goanense		Indo-West Pacific		1993
Bunodosoma grandis		Eastern Pacific.		1869
Bunodosoma granulifera		Western Atlantic		1817
Bunodosoma kuekenthali		Western Atlantic		1910
Bunodosoma sphaerulata		Western Atlantic		1902
Cladactella manni	Mann's anemone	Eastern Central Pacific		1899
Cladactella obscura		Eastern Central Pacific		1928
Cnidopus japonicus		Northwest Pacific.		1870
Condylactis aurantiaca	Golden delicious anemone	Endemic to the Mediterran	12 WD	1825
Condylactis gigantea	Giant Caribbean anemone	Western Atlantic.		1860
Condylactis parvicornis		Western Atlantic.		1898
Cribrinopsis crassa		Endemic to the Mediterran	5 TL	1881
Cribrinopsis fernaldi	Chevron-tentacle anemone	Eastern Pacific	25 H	1976
Cribrinopsis rubens		Northeast Pacific		2019
Cribrinopsis similis		Northern Atlantic and Nor		1921
Cribrinopsis williamsi	Williams anemone	Eastern Pacific		1940
Dofleinia armata	Armed anemone	Western Central Pacific		1908
Entacmaea quadricolor	Bulb-tentacle sea anemone	Indo-Pacific	40 WD	1828
Epiactis adeliana		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1929
Epiactis arctica	Arctic brooding anemone	Northwest Atlantic and Ar		1868
Epiactis australiensis		Northwest Atlantic and Ar		1950
Epiactis brucei		Northwest Atlantic and Ar		1939
Epiactis fernaldi	Fernald brooding anemone	Eastern Pacific		1986
Epiactis georgiana		Antarctic		1927
Epiactis incerta		Antarctic		1921
Epiactis irregularis		Antarctic		1951
Epiactis lewisi		Antarctic		1940
Epiactis lisbethae	Giant brooding anemone	Eastern Pacific		1986
Epiactis marsupialis		Eastern Pacific		1901
Epiactis nordmanni		Eastern Pacific		1921
Epiactis prolifera	Brooding anemone	Eastern Pacific	5 WD	1869
Epiactis ritteri	Sandy anemone	Eastern Pacific		1902
Epiactis thompsoni		Eastern Pacific		1875
Epiactis vincentina		Eastern Pacific		1939
Glyphoperidium bursa		Antarctic		1909
Glyphostylum calyx		Antarctic		1909
Gyractis sesere		Eastern Pacific		1893
Isactinia olivacea		Eastern Pacific		1878
Isantheopsis rosea		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1879
Isoaulactinia stelloides		Western Central Atlantic.		1889
Isocradactis magna		Western Central Atlantic.		1909
Isosicyonis alba		Southeast Pacific, Southw		1879
Isosicyonis striata		Antarctic Atlantic		2008
Isotealia antarctica	Salmon anemone	Southwest Atlantic, South		1899
Isotealia dubia		Southwest Atlantic, South		1908
Korsaranthus natalensis		Southwest Atlantic, South		1938
Leipsiceras pollens		Western Atlantic		1898
Leipsiceras valens		Western Atlantic		1943
Macrodactyla aspera		Indo-West Pacific.		1893
Macrodactyla doreensis	Corkscrew tentacle sea anemone	Northwest Pacific, Wester		1833
Macrodactyla fautinae		Western Central Pacific		2023
Mesactinia ganensis		Western Central Pacific		1987
Myonanthus ambiguus		Western Central Pacific		1893
Myonanthus bankamensis		Western Central Pacific		1928
Neocondylactis singaporensis		Western Central Pacific		1987
Neoparacondylactis haraldoi		Western Central Pacific		1974
Oulactis muscosa		Eastern Indian Ocean, Sou		1846
Parabunodactis imperfecta		Eastern Indian Ocean, Sou		1992
Parabunodactis inflexibilis		Eastern Indian Ocean, Sou		1928
Paracondylactis hertwigi		Northwest Pacific, Southw		1908
Paracondylactis sinensis		Indo-West Pacific		1934
Paranemonia cinerea		Endemic to the Mediterran		1845
Paranemonia vouliagmeniensis		Endemic to the Mediterran		1987
Parantheopsis cruentata		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1846
Parantheopsis georgiana		Antarctic Atlantic		1889
Parantheopsis ocellata	Star anemone	Southeast Pacific		1830
Parantheopsis vanhoeffeni		Southeast Pacific		1922
Phialoba steinbecki		Southeast Pacific		1949
Phlyctenactis morrisoni		Southeast Pacific		1909
Phlyctenactis tuberculosa		Indo-Pacific.		1833
Phlyctenanthus australis		Eastern Indian Ocean, Sou		1949
Phlyctenanthus regularis		Eastern Indian Ocean, Sou		1992
Phyllactis bradleyi		Eastern Indian Ocean, Sou		1869
Phyllactis californica		Eastern Indian Ocean, Sou		1893
Phyllactis cichoracea		Eastern Indian Ocean, Sou		1876
Phyllactis concinnata		Southeast Pacific.		1846
Phyllactis correae		Southeast Pacific.		1992
Phyllactis digitata		Southeast Pacific.		1893
Phyllactis excelsa		Southeast Pacific.		1908
Phyllactis formosa		Southeast Pacific.		1850
Phyllactis ornata		Southeast Pacific.		1869
Phyllactis praetexta		Western Atlantic.		1846
Phyllactis striata		Western Atlantic.		1908
Phymactis clematis		Eastern Pacific.		1846
Phymactis papillosa	Blister anemone	Eastern Pacific.		1830
Phymactis polydactyla		Eastern Pacific.		1878
Phymactis pustulata		Eastern Pacific.		1846
Phymactis sanctaehelenae		Eastern Pacific.		1830
Pseudactinia flagellifera	False plum anemone	Northeast Atlantic, South		1846
Pseudactinia infecunda		Northeast Atlantic, South		1893
Pseudactinia melanaster		Northeast Atlantic, South		1901
Pseudactinia varia		Southeast Atlantic.		1938
Spheractis cheungae		Northwest Pacific		1992
Stylobates aeneus		Northwest Pacific		1903
Stylobates cancrisocia		Northwest Pacific		1928
Stylobates loisetteae		Northwest Pacific		1987
Synantheopsis parulekari		Northwest Pacific		1993
Synantheopsis primus		Northwest Pacific		1992
Tealia coriacea		Arctic		1798
Tealianthus pachyderma		Arctic		1922
Telactinia citrina		Northwest Pacific, Wester		1893
Urticina columbiana	Crusty red anemone	Eastern Pacific	35 WD	1922
Urticina coriacea	Leathery anemone	Eastern Pacific and North	15 WD	1798
Urticina crassicornis	Mottled anemone	Arctic, Pacific Ocean and	20 WD	1776
Urticina fecunda		Northwest Atlantic		1899
Urticina felina	Painted anemone	Northwest Pacific, Atlant		1767
Urticina grebelnyi		Northwest Pacific		2006
Urticina lofotensis	Spotted red anemone	Eastern Pacific	10 WD	1890
Urticina mcpeaki	McPeak anemone	Eastern Pacific	7.5 WD	1999
Urticina piscivora	Velvety red anemone	Eastern Pacific	20 WD	1978
Urticinopsis antarctica		Antarctic.		1922
Urticinopsis crassa		Antarctic.		1938

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Actiniidae (See list of species below)

Family: Actiniidae

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