Edwardsia
Model of Edwardsia beautempsii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Edwardsiidae
Genus: Edwardsia
de Quatrefages, 1842 [1]
Synonyms
List
  • Diphtera Sluiter, 1888
  • Edwardisa
  • Edwardsa
  • Edwardsioides
  • Edwarsia

Edwardsia is a genus of sea anemones, the type of the family Edwardsiidae. They have eight mesenteries and live in tubes in the sand. The name, in Neo-Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.

The genus contains the following species:[1][2]

  • Edwardsia allmani McIntosh, 1866
  • Edwardsia alternobomen Izumi & Fujita, 2019[3]
  • Edwardsia andresi Danielssen, 1890
  • Edwardsia annamensis Carlgren, 1943
  • Edwardsia arctica Carlgren, 1921
  • Edwardsia arenosa Klunzinger, 1877
  • Edwardsia athalyei England, 1990
  • Edwardsia beautempsii Quatrefages, 1842
  • Edwardsia californica (McMurrich, 1913)
  • Edwardsia capensis Carlgren, 1938
  • Edwardsia carlgreni Carlgren, 1921
  • Edwardsia claparedii (Panceri, 1869)
  • Edwardsia clavata (Rathke, 1843)
  • Edwardsia collaris Stimpson, 1856
  • Edwardsia coriacea Moseley, 1877
  • Edwardsia costata Danielssen, 1890
  • Edwardsia danica Carlgren, 1921
  • Edwardsia delapiae Carlgren & Stephenson, 1928
  • Edwardsia duodecemtentaculata Carlgren, 1931
  • Edwardsia elegans Verrill, 1869
  • Edwardsia finmarchica Carlgren, 1921
  • Edwardsia flaccida Marion, 1882
  • Edwardsia fusca Danielssen, 1890
  • Edwardsia goodsiri M'Intosh, 1866
  • Edwardsia handi Daly & Ljubenkov, 2008
  • Edwardsia inachi Sanamyan, Sanamyan & Schories, 2015
  • Edwardsia incerta Carlgren, 1921
  • Edwardsia isimangaliso Daly et al., 2012
  • Edwardsia islandica Carlgren, 1921
  • Edwardsia ivelli Manuel, 1975
  • Edwardsia japonica Carlgren, 1931
  • Edwardsia jonesii Seshaiya & Cuttress, 1969
  • Edwardsia juliae Daly & Ljubenkov, 2008
  • Edwardsia kameruniensis Carlgren, 1927
  • Edwardsia longicornis Carlgren, 1921
  • Edwardsia mammillata Bourne, 1916
  • Edwardsia maroccana Carlgren, 1931
  • Edwardsia mcmurrichi Daly & Ljubenkov, 2008
  • Edwardsia meridionalis Williams, 1981
  • Edwardsia migottoi Gusmão, Brandão & Daly, 2016
  • Edwardsia neozelanica Farquhar, 1898
  • Edwardsia norvegica Carlgren, 1942
  • Edwardsia novazelanica Farquhar, 1898
  • Edwardsia octoplax (Sluiter, 1888)
  • Edwardsia octoradiata Carlgren, 1931
  • Edwardsia olguini Daly & Ljubenkov, 2008
  • Edwardsia perdita Williams, 1981
  • Edwardsia profunda Daly & Ljubenkov, 2008
  • Edwardsia rigida Marion, 1882
  • Edwardsia rubricollum Stimpson, 1856
  • Edwardsia rugosa Bourne, 1916
  • Edwardsia sanctaehelenae Carlgren, 1941
  • Edwardsia scabra Marion, 1882
  • Edwardsia sipunculoides (Stimpson, 1853)
  • Edwardsia sojabio Sanamyan N. & Sanamyan K., 2013
  • Edwardsia sulcata Verrill, 1864
  • Edwardsia tecta Haddon, 1889
  • Edwardsia timida Quatrefages, 1842
  • Edwardsia tinctrix Annandale, 1915
  • Edwardsia tuberculata Duben & Koren, 1847
  • Edwardsia vegae Carlgren, 1921
  • Edwardsia vitrea (Danielssen, 1890)
  • Edwardsia vivipara Carlgren, 1950
  • Edwardsia willeyana Bourne, 1916

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2018). "Edwardsia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  2. ↑ Marymegan Daly; Renzo Perissinotto; Megan Laird; David Dyer; Antonio Todaro (2012). "Description and ecology of a new species of Edwardsia de Quatrefages, 1842 (Anthozoa, Actiniaria) from the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa". Marine Biology Research. 8 (3): 233–245. doi:10.1080/17451000.2011.617757.
  3. ↑ Izumi, T.; Fujita, T. (2019). "Two species of Edwardsia having gigantic nematocysts, E. aff. tuberculata and E. alternobomen sp. nov. (Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Actiniaria; Edwardsiidae) from Japan". Zootaxa. 4661 (3): 533–544. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4661.3.7.


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