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Sagartia
Sign in to saveSagartia is a genus of sea anemones in the family Sagartiidae. The genus was first described by Philip Henry Gosse in 1855 and the image is his painting of several species found in British waters included in his book, A history of the British sea-anemones and corals.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderActiniaria
- FamilySagartiidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 39
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Sagartiidae
- Collections
- YPM, USNM, NHMUK, MCZ, GNM, UMZC
- Recorded in
- Japan, United States, Bermuda, Argentina, United Kingdom, Tanzania, Panama, Australia
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Sagartiidae
- Image
- Sagartia003.jpg
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Sagartia is a genus of sea anemones in the family Sagartiidae. The genus was first described by Philip Henry Gosse in 1855 and the image is his painting of several species found in British waters included in his book, A history of the British sea-anemones and corals.
==Species== The following species are recognised: Sagartia alba (Cocks in Johnston, 1847) Sagartia albovirdis Kirk & Stuckey, 1909 Sagartia capensis Pax, 1922 Sagartia carcinophila Verrill, 1869 Sagartia catalinensis McPeak, 1968 Sagartia crispata Verrill, 1869 Sagartia elegans (Dalyell, 1848) Sagartia hastata Wright, 1859 Sagartia ichthystoma Gosse, 1858 Sagartia lessonii (Lesson, 1830) Sagartia minima Pax, 1922 Sagartia napensis (Stimpson, 1856) Sagartia nigropunctata (Stimpson, 1856) Sagartia nymphaea (Drayton in Dana, 1846) Sagartia ornata (Holdsworth, 1855) Sagartia problematica Pax, 1922 Sagartia rhododactylos (Grube, 1840) Sagartia rockalliensis Carlgren, 1924 Sagartia rubroalba (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Sagartia sobolescens Gravier, 1918 Sagartia sociabilis Gravier, 1918 Sagartia splendens Danielssen, 1890 Sagartia troglodytes (Price in Johnston, 1847) Sagartia lacerata Dalyell, 1848
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