Venus flytrap sea anemone

Venus flytrap sea anemone
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Actinoscyphiidae
Genus: Actinoscyphia
Species:
A. aurelia
Binomial name
Actinoscyphia aurelia
Synonyms[1]

Actinernus aurelia Stephenson, 1918[2]

The Venus flytrap sea anemone (Actinoscyphia aurelia) is a large sea anemone that superficially resembles a Venus flytrap. It closes its tentacles to capture prey or to protect itself. It is a deep ocean species.

  1. ^ a b van der Land, Jacob (2012). "Actinoscyphia aurelia (Stephenson, 1918)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Stephenson 1917 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).