Corynactis californica

Corynactis californica
Large colony off Santa Cruz Island, California
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Corallimorpharia
Family: Corallimorphidae
Genus: Corynactis
Species:
C. californica
Binomial name
Corynactis californica
Carlgren, 1936[1]

Corynactis californica is a brightly colored colonial anthozoan corallimorph. Unlike the Atlantic true sea anemone, Actinia fragacea, that bears the same common name, strawberry anemone, this species is a member of the order Corallimorpharia, and is the only member found on the west coast of North America.[2] Other common names include club-tipped anemone and strawberry corallimorpharian. The anemone can live up to at least 50 meters (164 ft) deep on vertical rock walls, and at the bottom of kelp forests.[3][4] It is known to carpet the bottom of some areas, like Campbell River in British Columbia, and Monterey Bay in California.

  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Corynactis californica Carlgren, 1936". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  2. ^ Holts, L. J.; Beauchamp, K. A. (May 1993). "Sexual reproduction in the corallimorpharian sea anemone Corynactis californica in a central California kelp forest". Marine Biology. 116 (1): 129–136. doi:10.1007/bf00350740. ISSN 0025-3162. S2CID 86638248.
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