Pseudactinia
Encyclopedia
Pseudactinia is a genus
of sea anemone
s in the family
Actiniidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea anemone
Sea anemone
Sea anemones are a group of water-dwelling, predatory animals of the order Actiniaria; they are named after the anemone, a terrestrial flower. Sea anemones are classified in the phylum Cnidaria, class Anthozoa, subclass Zoantharia. Anthozoa often have large polyps that allow for digestion of larger...
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Actiniidae
Actiniidae
The Actiniidae is the largest family of sea anemones, to which most common, temperate, shore species belong. Most members of this family do not participate in symbioses with fishes. One exception is the so-called bubble anemone - Entacmaea quadricolor....
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Species
Species in the genus include:- Pseudactinia flagellifera (Drayton in Dana, 1846)
- Pseudactinia infecunda (McMurrich, 1893)
- Pseudactinia melanaster (Verrill, 1901)
- Pseudactinia plettenbergensis Carlgren, 1928
- Pseudactinia varia Carlgren, 1938