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.
Edwardsia | |
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Model of Edwardsia beautempsii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hexacorallia |
Order: | Actiniaria |
Family: | Edwardsiidae |
Genus: | Edwardsia de Quatrefages, 1842 [1] |
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The genus contains the following species:[1][2]