Edwardsia

Edwardsia
Model of Edwardsia beautempsii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Edwardsiidae
Genus: Edwardsia
de Quatrefages, 1842 
Synonyms
List
  • Diphtera Sluiter, 1888
  • Edwardisa
  • Edwardsa
  • Edwardsioides
  • Edwarsia

Edwardsia is a genus of sea anemones, the type of the family Edwardsiidae. They have eight mesenteries and live in tubes in the sand. The name, in Neo-Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.

The genus contains the following species:

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2018). "Edwardsia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  2. ↑ Marymegan Daly; Renzo Perissinotto; Megan Laird; David Dyer; Antonio Todaro (2012). "Description and ecology of a new species of Edwardsia de Quatrefages, 1842 (Anthozoa, Actiniaria) from the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa". Marine Biology Research. 8 (3): 233–245. doi:10.1080/17451000.2011.617757. hdl:11380/711198.
  3. ↑ Izumi, T.; Fujita, T. (2019). "Two species of Edwardsia having gigantic nematocysts, E. aff. tuberculata and E. alternobomen sp. nov. (Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Actiniaria; Edwardsiidae) from Japan". Zootaxa. 4661 (3): 533–544. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4661.3.7.