Edwardsia
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- For the butterfly genus Edwardsia as described by Tutt in 1907, see Satyrium (butterfly).
Edwardsia is a genus of sea anemone
Sea anemone
Sea anemones are a group of water-dwelling, predatory animals of the order Actiniaria; they are named after the anemone, a terrestrial flower. Sea anemones are classified in the phylum Cnidaria, class Anthozoa, subclass Zoantharia. Anthozoa often have large polyps that allow for digestion of larger...
s, the type of the family Edwardsiidae. They have eight mesenteries and live in tubes in the sand. The name, in New Latin, commemorates French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards
Henri Milne-Edwards
Henri Milne-Edwards was an eminent French zoologist.Henri Milne-Edwards was the 27th child of William Edwards, an English planter and militia colonel in Jamaica and Elisabeth Vaux, a French. He was born in Bruges, Belgium, where his parents had retired. At that time, Bruges was a part of the...
(died 1885).
The genus contains the following species:
- Ivell's sea anemoneIvell's sea anemoneIvell's sea anemone is a species of invertebrate in the Edwardsiidae family.- Distribution :It is endemic to the United Kingdom.Ivell...
(Edwardsia ivelli)