All Species
198 Species in Family Actiniidae
Nominal species list for Actiniidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Urticinopsis crassa Carlgren, 1938
Urticina piscivora (Sebens & Laakso, 1978) Velvety red anemone
Urticinopsis antarctica (Verrill, 1922)
Urticina mcpeaki Hauswaldt & Pearson, 1999 McPeak anemone
Urticina grebelnyi Sanamyan & Sanamyan, 2006
Urticina lofotensis (Danielssen, 1890) Spotted red anemone
Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1767) Painted anemone
Urticina fecunda (Verrill, 1899)
Urticina crassicornis (Müller, 1776) Mottled anemone
Urticina coriacea (Cuvier, 1798) Leathery anemone
Urticina columbiana Verrill, 1922 Crusty red anemone
Telactinia citrina (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893)
Tealianthus pachyderma (Pax, 1922)
Tealia coriacea (Cuvier, 1798)
Synantheopsis parulekari den Hartog & Vennam, 1993
Synantheopsis primus England, 1992
Stylobates cancrisocia (Carlgren, 1928)
Stylobates loisetteae Fautin, 1987
Stylobates aeneus Dall, 1903
Spheractis cheungae England, 1992
Pseudactinia varia Carlgren, 1938
Pseudactinia melanaster (Verrill, 1901)
Pseudactinia flagellifera (Drayton, 1846) False plum anemone
Pseudactinia infecunda (McMurrich, 1893)
Phymactis sanctaehelenae (Lesson, 1830)
Phymactis papillosa (Lesson, 1830) Blister anemone
Phymactis pustulata (Couthouy, 1846)
Phymactis polydactyla Hutton, 1878
Phymactis clematis (Drayton, 1846)
Phyllactis striata Wassilieff, 1908
Phyllactis formosa (Duchassaing, 1850)
Phyllactis ornata (Verrill, 1869)
Phyllactis praetexta (Couthouy, 1846)
Phyllactis digitata (McMurrich, 1893)
Phyllactis excelsa (Wassilieff, 1908)
Phyllactis cichoracea Milne-Edwards, 1876
Phyllactis concinnata (Drayton, 1846)
Phyllactis correae Schlenz & Belém, 1992
Phyllactis bradleyi (Verrill, 1869)
Phyllactis californica (McMurrich, 1893)
Phlyctenanthus australis Carlgren, 1949
Phlyctenanthus regularis Zamponi & Acuña, 1992
Phlyctenactis tuberculosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Phlyctenactis morrisoni Stuckey, 1909
Phialoba steinbecki Carlgren, 1949
Parantheopsis vanhoeffeni (Pax, 1922)
Parantheopsis ocellata (Lesson, 1830) Star anemone
Parantheopsis georgiana (Pfeffer, 1889)
Parantheopsis cruentata (Couthouy, 1846)
Paranemonia vouliagmeniensis Doumenc, England & Chintiroglou, 1987
Paranemonia cinerea (Contarini, 1845)
Paracondylactis sinensis Carlgren, 1934
Paracondylactis hertwigi (Wassilieff, 1908)
Parabunodactis inflexibilis (Carlgren, 1928)
Parabunodactis imperfecta Zamponi & Acuña, 1992
Oulactis muscosa (Drayton, 1846)
Neoparacondylactis haraldoi Zamponi, 1974
Neocondylactis singaporensis England, 1987
Myonanthus ambiguus McMurrich, 1893
Myonanthus bankamensis Carlgren, 1928
Mesactinia ganensis England, 1987
Macrodactyla fautinae Yap, Mitchell, Quek & Huang, 2023
Macrodactyla doreensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Corkscrew tentacle sea anemone
Macrodactyla aspera (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893)
Leipsiceras pollens (McMurrich, 1898)
Leipsiceras valens Carlgren, 1943
Korsaranthus natalensis (Carlgren, 1938)
Isotealia dubia (Wassilieff, 1908)
Isotealia antarctica Carlgren, 1899 Salmon anemone
Isosicyonis striata Rodríguez & López-González, 2008
Isosicyonis alba (Studer, 1879)
Isocradactis magna (Stuckey, 1909)
Isoaulactinia stelloides (McMurrich, 1889)
Isantheopsis rosea (Studer, 1879)
Isactinia olivacea (Hutton, 1878)
Gyractis sesere (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893)
Glyphostylum calyx Roule, 1909
Glyphoperidium bursa Roule, 1909
Epiactis vincentina Carlgren, 1939
Epiactis thompsoni (Coughtrey, 1875)
Epiactis ritteri Torrey, 1902 Sandy anemone
Epiactis prolifera Verrill, 1869 Brooding anemone
Epiactis nordmanni Carlgren, 1921
Epiactis lisbethae Fautin & Chia, 1986 Giant brooding anemone
Epiactis marsupialis Carlgren, 1901
Epiactis lewisi Carlgren, 1940
Epiactis incerta Carlgren, 1921
Epiactis irregularis Carlgren, 1951
Epiactis georgiana Carlgren, 1927
Epiactis fernaldi Fautin & Chia, 1986 Fernald brooding anemone
Epiactis brucei Carlgren, 1939
Epiactis australiensis Carlgren, 1950
Epiactis arctica (Verrill, 1868) Arctic brooding anemone
Epiactis adeliana Carlgren & Stephenson, 1929
Entacmaea quadricolor (Leuckart, 1828) Bulb-tentacle sea anemone
Dofleinia armata Wassilieff, 1908 Armed anemone
Cribrinopsis williamsi Carlgren, 1940 Williams anemone
Cribrinopsis similis Carlgren, 1921
Cribrinopsis rubens Sanamyan, Sanamyan, McDaniel, Martynov, Korshunova & Bocharova, 2019
Cribrinopsis fernaldi Siebert & Spaulding, 1976 Chevron-tentacle anemone
Cribrinopsis crassa (Andres, 1881)
Condylactis parvicornis Kwietniewski, 1898
Condylactis gigantea (Weinland, 1860) Giant Caribbean anemone
Condylactis aurantiaca (Delle Chiaje, 1825) Golden delicious anemone
Cnidopus japonicus (Verrill, 1870)
Cladactella obscura Verrill, 1928
Cladactella manni (Verrill, 1899) Mann's anemone
Bunodosoma kuekenthali Pax, 1910
Bunodosoma granuliferum (Le Sueur, 1817)
Bunodosoma sphaerulata Duerden, 1902
Bunodosoma goanense den Hartog & Vennam, 1993
Bunodosoma grandis (Verrill, 1869)
Bunodosoma fallax (Pax, 1922)
Bunodosoma capensis (Lesson, 1830) Knobbly anemone
Bunodosoma cavernata (Bosc, 1802) Warty sea anemone
Bunodosoma diadema (Drayton, 1846)
Bunodosoma caissarum Corrêa, 1987
Bunodosoma californica Carlgren, 1951
Bunodosoma biscayensis (Fischer, 1874)
Bunodactis texaensis Carlgren & Hedgpeth, 1952
Bunodactis verrucosa (Pennant, 1777)
Bunodactis rubripunctata (Grube, 1840)
Bunodactis octoradiata (Carlgren, 1899) Octamerous anemone
Bunodactis mortenseni (Carlgren, 1924)
Bunodactis aucklandica Carlgren, 1927
Bunodactis hermaphoditica Carlgren, 1959 Unarmed hermaphroditic anemone
Boloceropsis platei McMurrich, 1904
Bolocera tuediae (Johnston, 1832) Deeplet sea anemone
Bolocera kerguelensis Studer, 1879
Bolocera paucicornis Dunn, 1893
Aulactinia stella (Verrill, 1864) Gem anemone
Aulactinia incubans Dunn, Chia, & Levine, 1980 Incubating anemone
Aulactinia capitata Agassiz, 1849
Anthostella stephensoni Carlgren, 1938 Violet-spotted anemone
Anthostella badia (Carlgren, 1900)
Anthopleura thallia (Gosse, 1854)
Anthopleura varioarmata Watzl, 1922
Anthopleura xanthogrammica (Brandt, 1835) Giant green anemone
Anthopleura stellula (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834)
Anthopleura sola Pearse & Francis, 2000 Sun anemone
Anthopleura nigrescens (Verrill, 1928)
Anthopleura mortenseni Carlgren, 1941
Anthopleura mortoni England, 1992
Anthopleura minima (Stuckey & Walton, 1910)
Anthopleura midori Uchida & Muramatsu, 1958
Anthopleura michaelseni (Pax, 1920) Long-tentacled anemone
Anthopleura listeri (Johnson, 1861)
Anthopleura mariae Vassallo-Avalos, González-Muñoz,Acuña & Rivas, 2020
Anthopleura kurogane Uchida & Muramatsu, 1958
Anthopleura kohli Carlgren, 1930
Anthopleura krebsi Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1860 Rock anemone
Anthopleura japonica Verrill, 1899
Anthopleura insignis Carlgren, 1940
Anthopleura incerta England, 1992
Anthopleura hermaphroditica (Carlgren, 1899) Armed hermaphroditic anemone
Anthopleura handi Dunn, 1978
Anthopleura foxi Carlgren, 1927
Anthopleura elegantissima (Brandt, 1835) Clonal anemone
Anthopleura dowii Verrill, 1869
Anthopleura dixoniana (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893)
Anthopleura chinensis England, 1992
Anthopleura ballii (Cocks, 1851)
Anthopleura asiatica Uchida & Muramatsu, 1958
Anthopleura artemisia (Pickering, 1846) Moonglow anemone
Anthopleura anneae Carlgren, 1940
Anthopleura anjunae Den Hartog & Vennam, 1993
Anthopleura africana (Carlgren, 1900)
Antheopsis malayensis England, 1987
Antheopsis australiensis Carlgren, 1950
Anemonia viridis (Forsskål, 1775)
Anemonia sulcata (Pennant, 1777) Snakelocks anemone
Anemonia sargassensis Hargitt, 1908 Sargassum anemone
Anemonia natalensis Carlgren, 1938 Natal anemone
Anemonia mutabilis Verrill, 1928
Anemonia melanaster (Verrill, 1901)
Anemonia manjano Carlgren, 1900
Anemonia hemprichi (Klunzinger, 1877)
Anemonia erythraea (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834)
Anemonia elegans Verrill, 1901
Anemonia chubutensis Zamponi & Acuña, 1992
Anemonia antillensis Pax, 1924
Anemonia alicemartinae Haeussermann & Foersterra, 2001
Actinostella radiata (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
Actinostella flosculifera (Le Sueur, 1817)
Actinia kraemeri Pax, 1914
Actinia grobbeni Watzl, 1922
Actinia fragacea Tugwell, 1856 Strawberry anemone
Actinia equina (Linnaeus, 1758) Beadlet anemone
Actinia cari Delle Chiaje, 1822 Anemone-girdles
Actinia bermudensis (McMurrich, 1889) Maroon anemone
Actinia australiensis Carlgren, 1950
Actiniogeton spenceri (Haddon & Duerden, 1896)
Actiniogeton ambonensis (Kwietniewski, 1898)
Actinia tenebrosa Farquhar, 1898
Actinia striata Rizzi, 1907
Actinia prasina Gosse, 1860
Actinia obtruncata Stimpson, 1853
Actinia nigropunctata den Hartog & Ocaña, 2003
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