Species of sea anemone
| Metridium senile
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| Several young plumose anemones
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Cnidaria
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| Class:
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Hexacorallia
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| Order:
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Actiniaria
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| Family:
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Metridiidae
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| Genus:
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Metridium
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| Species:
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M. senile
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| Binomial name
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Metridium senile
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| Synonyms[1]
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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
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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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