Edwardsiidae

Summary

Edwardsiidae is a family of sea anemones.[1] Edwardsiids have long thin bodies and live buried in sediments or in holes or crevices in rock.[2]

Edwardsiidae
The sea anemone Edwardsia claparedii at Valentia Island, County Kerry, Ireland.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Actiniaria
Superfamily: Edwardsioidea
Family: Edwardsiidae
Andres, 1881
Genera

See text

Genera edit

The following genera are recognized within the family Edwardsiidae.

  • Drillactis Verrill, 1922
  • Edwardsia Quatrefages, 1842
  • Edwardsianthus England, 1987
  • Edwardsiella Andres, 1883
  • Halcampogeton Carlgren, 1937
  • Isoedwardsia Carlgren, 1900
  • Milne-Edwardsia Carlgren, 1892
  • Nematostella Stephenson, 1935
  • Paraedwardsia Carlgren in Nordgaard, 1905
  • Scolanthus Gosse, 1853
  • Synhalcampella
  • Tempuractis

References edit

  1. ^ WoRMS (2018). "Edwardsiidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  2. ^ Rodríguez, Estefanía; Barbeitos, Marcos S.; Brugler, Mercer R.; Crowley, Louise M.; Grajales, Alejandro; Gusmão, Luciana; Häussermann, Verena; Reft, Abigail; Daly, Marymegan; Colgan, Donald James (2014). "Hidden among sea anemones: The first comprehensive phylogenetic reconstruction of the order Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) reveals a novel group of hexacorals". PLOS ONE. 9 (5): e96998. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...996998R. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096998. PMC 4013120. PMID 24806477.