| Metridioidea | |
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| Protanthea simplex, Sound of Mull, Scotland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Actiniaria |
| Suborder: | Enthemonae |
| Superfamily: | Metridioidea Carlgren, 1893 |
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Metridioidea is a superfamily of sea anemones in the order Actiniaria. Members of this clade live in shallow subtropical waters worldwide.[1]
- ^ Grajales, Alejandro; Rodríguez, Estefanía (2016-01-01). "Elucidating the evolutionary relationships of the Aiptasiidae, a widespread cnidarian–dinoflagellate model system (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria: Metridioidea)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 94: 252–263. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.09.004. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 26375331.