Edwardsia claparedii
| Edwardsia claparedii | |
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| The sea anemone Edwardsia claparedii, Valentia Island, Co. Kerry, Ireland. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Order: | Actiniaria |
| Suborder: | Anenthemonae |
| Superfamily: | Edwardsioidea |
| Family: | Edwardsiidae |
| Genus: | Edwardsia |
| Species: | E. claparedii |
| Binomial name | |
| Edwardsia claparedii Manuel, 1975[1] | |
The sea anemone Edwardsia claparedii is a species of marine invertebrate in the Family Edwardsiidae.[2]
Distribution
Found frequently in depths of 5-30 m on all western coasts of British Isles and Atlantic coasts of southern Europe to the Mediterranean Sea. [3]
Habitat
Burrows in mud or muddy sand.
References
- ↑ Manuel, R.L. (1981). British Anthozoa. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) (ed. D.M. Kermack & R.S.K. Barnes), The Linnean Society of London. London: Academic Press.[Synopses of the British Fauna, no. 18.]
- ↑ WoRMS (2014). Edwardsia claparedii (Panceri, 1869). In: Fautin, Daphne G. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-22
- ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. Edwardsia claparedii (Panceri, 1869) [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
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