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Urticina
Sign in to saveUrticina is a genus of relatively large and often colorful sea anemones in the family Actiniidae from the North Pacific, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderActiniaria
- FamilyActiniidae
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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
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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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