Sagartia
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Sagartia is a genus
of sea anemone
s in the family
Sagartiidae
. The genus was first described by Philip Henry Gosse
in 1855 and the image is his painting of several species found in British waters included in his book, A history of the British sea-anemones and corals.
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...
Sagartiidae
Sagartiidae
Sagartiidae is a family of sea anemones.-Genera:Genera in the family include:* Actinothoe Fischer, 1889* Anthothoe* Bellactis* Botryon* Carcinactis* Cereus Oken, 1815* Choriactis* Gregoria* Habrosanthus...
. The genus was first described by Philip Henry Gosse
Philip Henry Gosse
Philip Henry Gosse was an English naturalist and popularizer of natural science, virtually the inventor of the seawater aquarium, and a painstaking innovator in the study of marine biology...
in 1855 and the image is his painting of several species found in British waters included in his book, A history of the British sea-anemones and corals.
Species
The following species are recognised in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS):- Sagartia affinis - Johnson, 1861
- Sagartia albovirdis - Kirk & Stuckey, 1909
- Sagartia aurora - (Gosse, 1854)
- Sagartia capensis - Pax, 1922
- Sagartia carcinophila - Verrill, 1869
- Sagartia catalinensis - McPeak, 1968
- Sagartia crispata - Verrill, 1869
- Sagartia elegansSagartia elegansSagartia elegans is a species of sea anemone in the family Sagartiidae. It is found in coastal areas of northwest Europe at depths down to 50 metres.-Description:...
- (Dalyell, 1848) - Sagartia expansa - (Stimpson, 1856)
- Sagartia hastata - Wright, 1859
- Sagartia herpetodes - (McMurrich, 1904)
- Sagartia ichthystomaSagartia ichthystomaSagartia ichthystoma is a species of sea anemone in the family Sagartiidae, also known as the fish-mouth anemone. The species name refers to the short pointed tentacles round the edge of the disc which resemble the sharp teeth of certain fish....
- Gosse, 1858 - Sagartia lessonii - (Lesson, 1830)
- Sagartia minima - Pax, 1922
- Sagartia napensis - (Stimpson, 1856)
- Sagartia nigropunctata - (Stimpson, 1856)
- Sagartia nymphaea - (Drayton in Dana, 1846)
- Sagartia ornata - (Holdsworth, 1855)
- Sagartia panamensis - Verrill, 1869
- Sagartia problematica - Pax, 1922
- Sagartia pura - (Alder, 1858)
- Sagartia rhododactylos - (Grube, 1840)
- Sagartia rockalliensis - Carlgren, 1924
- Sagartia rubroalba - (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
- Sagartia sobolescens - Gravier, 1918
- Sagartia splendens - Danielssen, 1890
- Sagartia troglodytesSagartia troglodytesSagartia troglodytes is a species of sea anemone in the family Sagartiidae, also known as the mud sagartia or the cave-dwelling anemone.-Description:...
- (Price in Johnston, 1847)