Metridium senile

Metridium senile
Several young plumose anemones
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Metridiidae
Genus: Metridium
Species:
M. senile
Binomial name
Metridium senile
(Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Actinia plumosa
  • Actinia candida Müller, 1776
  • Actinia cereus Müller, 1776
  • Actinia marginata ambrea
  • Actinia marginata salmonea
  • Actinia pallida Holdsworth, 1855
  • Actinia pellucida Alder, 1858
  • Actinia rufa Müller, 1776
  • Actinia senilis Linnaeus, 1767
  • Actinoloba dianthus de Blainville, 1830
  • Actinoloba marginata Les.
  • Actinothoe pallida Holdsworth
  • Anthea plumosa
  • Metridium dianthus sindonea Gosse
  • Metridium fimbriatum Verrill, 1865
  • Metridium pallidum (Holdsworth, 1855)
  • Metridium senilis Linnaeus, 1761
  • Paraisometridium pehuense Zamponi, 1978
  • Paraisometridium pehuensis Zamponi, 1978
  • Priapus senilis Linnaeus, 1761
  • Sagartia pallida Holdsworth
  • Sagartia pura (Alder, 1858)
  • Thoe pura Wright, 1859

Metridium senile, the Plumose, Fluffy, or Frilled anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Metridiidae. As a member of the genus Metridium, it is a type of plumose anemone and is found in the seas off north-western Europe and both the east and west coasts of North America.

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