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Anthopleura hermaphroditica (Carlgren, 1899)

(photos of Dirk Schories, specimens from Southern Chile (Puerto Montt), SE Pacific) 		   

Millions of these small sea anemones form dense populations in the intertidal of Southern Chile mud flats and some other habitats. This is a photosynthetic species, it has numerous symbiotic zooxanthellae in its tissues.
Taxonomic position:
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Hexacorallia
Superorder: Hexactiniida
Order: Actiniaria
Suborder: Nynantheae (Thenaria : Endomyaria)

Family: Actiniidae

Species: Anthopleura hermaphroditica (Carlgren, 1899)
Species list of sea anemones:
  • Actinia equina
  • Actinostola chilensis
  • Actinothoe sphyrodeta
  • Adamsia palliata
  • Aiptasia couchii
  • Aiptasia mutabilis
  • Alicia mirabilis
  • Amplexidiscus fenestrafer
  • Andresia parthenopea
  • Anemonia alicemartinae
  • Anemonia viridis
  • Antholoba achates
  • Anthopleura hermaphroditica
  • Anthopleura orientalis
  • Anthopleura xanthogrammica
  • Anthothoe chilensis
  • Artemidactis victrix
  • Boloceropsis platei
  • Calliactis polypus
  • Cereus herpetodes
  • Cereus pedunculatus
  • Cerianthus lloydii
  • Charisea saxicola
  • Cnidopus japonicus
  • Condylactis aurantiaca
  • Condylactis gigantea
  • Corynactis carnea
  • Corynactis viridis
  • Cribrinopsis albopunctata
  • Cribrinopsis crassa
  • Cribrinopsis olegi
  • Dactylanthus antarcticus
  • Discosoma nummiforme
  • Entacmaea quadricolor
  • Epizoanthus couchii
  • Epizoanthus fiordicus
  • Gonactinia prolifera
  • Gyractis octoradiata
  • Gyractis verrucosa
  • Halcampoides sp
  • Halcampoides mediterranea
  • Halcurias pilatus
  • Haliplanella lineata
  • Heterodactyla hemprichii
  • Hormathia pectinata
  • Isaurus tuberculatus
  • Isosicyonis alba
  • Liponema brevicornis
  • Mesozoanthus fossii
  • Metridium farcimen
  • Metridium lobatum
  • Metridium senile
  • Metridium senile fimbriatum
  • Oulactis concinnata
  • Pachycerianthus multiplicatus
  • Pachycerianthus solitarius
  • Paranthus niveus
  • Parazoanthus anguicomus
  • Parazoanthus axinellae
  • Parazoanthus elongatus
  • Peachia cylindrica
  • Phellia exlex
  • Phelliactis callicyclus
  • Phymactis papillosa
  • Phymanthea pluvia
  • Phymanthus species
  • Protanthea simplex
  • Protopalythoa mutuki
  • Pseudocorynactis caribbeorum
  • Ptychodactis patula
  • Radianthus magnifica
  • Rhodactis inchoata
  • Rhodactis indosinensis
  • Ricordea yuma
  • Sagartia elegans
  • Stichodactyla haddoni
  • Stomphia coccinea
  • Urticina crassicornis
  • Urticina eques
  • Urticina felina
  • Urticina grebelnyi
  • Urticina mcpeaki
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