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Urticina

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Urticina is a genus of relatively large and often colorful sea anemones in the family Actiniidae from the North Pacific, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumCnidaria
  3. ClassAnthozoa
  4. OrderActiniaria
  5. FamilyActiniidae
Habitatmarine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
32
With media
6
Family
Actiniidae
Collections
USNM, SBMNH, CAS, GNM, CMN
Recorded in
United States, Sweden, Canada

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Actiniidae
Image
Tealiafelina.jpg
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topic's main category
Category:Urticina
taxon name
Urticina
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Urticina
taxon author citation
Ehrenberg, 1834
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Urticina is a genus of relatively large and often colorful sea anemones in the family Actiniidae from the North Pacific, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.

==Species== The following species are listed in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS): Urticina asiatica (Averincev, 1967) Urticina clandestina Sanamyan N., Sanamyan K. & McDaniel, 2013 Urticina coccinea (Verrill, 1866) Urticina columbiana Verrill, 1922 – crusty red anemone, columbia sand anemone, sand anemone, and sand-rose anemone Urticina coriacea (Cuvier, 1798) – red beaded anemone Urticina crassicornis (Müller, 1776) – Christmas anemone Urticina eques (Gosse, 1858) – white-spotted rose anemone or strawberry anemone Urticina fecunda (Verill, 1899) Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) – northern red anemone Urticina grebelnyi Sanamyan, N.P. & Sanamyan, K.E., 2006 Urticina macloviana (Lesson, 1830) Urticina mcpeaki Hauswaldt & Pearson, 1999 Urticina piscivora (Sebens & Laakso, 1978) – fish-eating anemone and fish-eating urticina Urticina timuri Sanamyan & Sanamyan, 2020 Urticina tuberculata Cocks, 1850

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