Sebae anemone

Sebae anemone
	A Red Sea clownfish in a sebae anemone
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Actiniaria
Family:	Stichodactylidae
Genus:	Heteractis
Species:	H. crispa
Binomial name
	Heteractis crispa; (Hemprich and Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)
Synonyms
	List Actinia crispa Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834; Actinia paumotensis Couthouy in Dana, 1846; Antheopsis crispa (Ehrenberg, 1834); Antheopsis kuekenthali Kwietniewski; Antheopsis macrodactylus Haddon & Shackleton; Bunodes crispa (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834); Bunodes crispus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834); Cereus crispus; Cereus paumotensis; Discosoma macrodactylum Haddon & Shackleton, 1893; Discosoma tuberculata Kwietniewski, 1898; Discosomoides tuberculata; Entacmaea crispa Hemprich & Ehrenberg; Heliactis paumotensis Dana; Heteractis macrodactylum (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893); Radianthus crispus (Ehrenberg, 1834); Radianthus kuekenthali Kwietniewski, 1896; Radianthus lobatus Kwietniewski, 1897; Radianthus macrodactylus (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893; Stoichactis tuberculata Kwietniewski;

The sebae anemone (Heteractis crispa), also known as leathery sea anemone, long tentacle anemone, or purple tip anemone, is a species of sea anemone belonging to the family Stichodactylidae and native to the Indo-Pacific area.

It was first described in 1834 by Wilhelm Hemprich and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg as Actinia crispa.^[1]^[2] The name accepted by the World Register of Marine Species is Radianthus crispa.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Radianthus crispa (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
^ Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1834). "Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im Allgemeinen und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben". Abhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in Latin). 1832: 225–380. ISSN 2944-442X. Wikidata Q115748229.

[:0-1] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Radianthus crispa (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-12-21.

[2] Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1834). "Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im Allgemeinen und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben". Abhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in Latin). 1832: 225–380. ISSN 2944-442X. Wikidata Q115748229.

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