Urticina
Encyclopedia
Urticina is a genus
of sea anemone
s in the family
Actiniidae
.
are listed in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS):
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
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 in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Actiniidae
Actiniidae
The Actiniidae is the largest family of sea anemones, to which most common, temperate, shore species belong. Most members of this family do not participate in symbioses with fishes. One exception is the so-called bubble anemone - Entacmaea quadricolor....
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Species
The following speciesSpecies
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
are listed in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS):
- Urticina asiatica - (Averincev, 1967)
- Urticina coccinea - (Verrill, 1866)
- Urticina columbiana - Verrill, 1922
- Urticina coriacea - (Cuvier, 1798)
- Urticina crassicornisUrticina crassicornisUrticina crassicornis is a large and common intertidal and subtidal sea anemone formerly known as Tealia crassicornis and commonly referred to as the Christmas Anemone...
- (Müller, 1776) - Urticina felina - (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Urticina grebelnyi - Sanamyan, N.P. & Sanamyan, K.E., 2007
- Urticina lessonii - Duchassaing, 1850
- Urticina lofotensisUrticina lofotensisUrticina lofotensis is a species of sea anemone in the family Actiniidae. It is commonly known as the white-spotted rose anemone or strawberry anemone.-Taxonomy:...
- (Danielssen, 1890) - Urticina mcpeaki - Hauswaldt & Pearson, 1999
- Urticina piscivora - (Sebens & Laakso, 1978)
- Urticina tuberculata - Cocks, 1850