- Strawberry anemone
Taxobox
name = Strawberry Anemone
image_width = 250px
image_caption = Strawberry Anemone ("Actinia fragacea"), the lower shore line at low tide,Lundy , Bristol Channel, UK.
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Cnidaria
classis =Anthozoa
subclassis =Hexacorallia
ordo =Actiniaria
family =Actiniidae
genus = "Actinia "
species = "A. fragacea"
binomial = "Actinia fragacea"
binomial_authority = Tugwell, 1856
subdivision_ranks = Suborders
subdivision =Endocoelantheae Nyantheae Protantheae Ptychodacteae
diversity_link = Actiniaria (family list)
diversity = 1 SpeciesThe Strawberry anemone ("Actinia fragacea") appears to be confined to the
English Channel and south-westEngland where it is generally found on rocks of the lower shoreline. It has a column which is typically red or dark red, with spots of green, yellow or blue. The tentacles are usually red or purplish. "Actinia fragacea" is similar in form to theBeadlet anemone ("Actinia equina") but is typically larger, measuring up to 100mm across the base.A Californian species "
Corynactis californica " shares the same common name.External links
* [http://www.seaslug.org.uk/marinelife/species.asp?item=D11520 Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland ]
* [http://www.glaucus.org.uk/fragacea.htm British Marine Life Study Society]
* [http://www.ifremer.fr/envlit/photos/Archive/200411/img/photo04_2.jpgdetailed photograph]
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