Anthopleura stellula: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Actiniaria
- Family
- Actiniidae
- Genus
- Anthopleura
- Species
- Anthopleura stellula
- Scientific Name
- Anthopleura stellula
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Anthopleura stellula
Anthopleura stellula is a species of sea anemone in the family Actiniidae. It was first described in 1834 by Wilhelm Hemprich and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg as Actinia (Isacmaea) stellula. It is found in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea, and is unusual among sea anemones in that it can divide itself in two transversely.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Anthopleura anjunae
- Anthopleura anneae
- Anthopleura artemisia
- Anthopleura asiatica
- Anthopleura ballii
- Anthopleura biscayensis
- Anthopleura buddemeieri
- Anthopleura dalyae
- Anthopleura dixoniana
- Anthopleura dowii
- Anthopleura elegantissima
- Anthopleura fuscoviridis
- Anthopleura handi
- Anthopleura hermaphroditica
- Anthopleura inconspicua
- Anthopleura inornata
- Anthopleura insignis
- Anthopleura japonica
- Anthopleura kohli
- Anthopleura krebsi
- Anthopleura kurogane
- Anthopleura mariae
- Anthopleura mariscali
- Anthopleura michaelseni
- Anthopleura minima
- Anthopleura nigrescens
- Anthopleura pacifica
- Anthopleura pallida
- Anthopleura radians
- Anthopleura rosea
- Anthopleura sola
- Anthopleura stellula
- Anthopleura texaensis
- Anthopleura thallia
- Anthopleura uchidai
- Anthopleura varioarmata
- Anthopleura waridi
- Anthopleura xanthogrammica