Actinia is a genus of sea anemones in the family Actiniidae. Actinia display a rare form of heteromorphosis in which a cut inflicted on a specimen can develop into a second mouth.
Species
The following 63 species are listed in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS):
- Actinia alba<small> Risso, 1826</small>
- Actinia annulata<small> Gay, 1854</small>
- Actinia aster<small> Ellis, 1768</small>
- Actinia australiensis<small> Carlgren, 1950</small>
- Actinia bermudensis<small> (McMurrich, 1889)</small>
- Actinia bicornis<small> Müller, 1776</small>
- Actinia capillata<small> Gay, 1854</small>
- Actinia cari<small> Delle Chiaje, 1822</small>
- Actinia chlorodactyla<small> Brandt, 1835</small>
- Actinia cinerea<small> Gay, 1854</small>
- Actinia cleopatrae<small> Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834</small>
- Actinia curta<small> Drayton in Dana, 1846</small>
- Actinia delicatula<small> (Hertwig, 1888)</small>
- Actinia dubia <small>Lesson, 1830</small>
- Actinia ebhayiensis <small>Schama, Mitchell & Solé-Cava, 2011</small>
- Actinia equina <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
- Actinia erythrospilota<small> Brandt, 1835</small>
- Actinia fiscella<small> Müller, 1789</small>
- Actinia fragacea<small> Tugwell, 1856</small>, Strawberry anemone
- Actinia gelatinosa<small> Moseley, 1877</small>
- Actinia gemma<small> Drayton in Dana, 1846</small>
- Actinia gracilis<small> Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834</small>
- Actinia graminea<small> Drayton in Dana, 1846</small>
- Actinia grobbeni<small> Watzl, 1922</small>
- Actinia iris <small>Müller, 1789</small>
- Actinia kraemeri<small> Pax, 1914</small>
- Actinia laurentii<small> Brandt, 1835</small>
- Actinia mamillaris<small> Quoy & Gaimard, 1833</small>
- Actinia mediterranea<small> Schmidt, 1971</small>
- Actinia mertensii<small> Brandt, 1835</small>
- Actinia minutissima<small> Le Sueur, 1817</small>
- Actinia mucilaginosa
- Actinia nigropunctata<small> den Hartog & Ocaña, 2003</small>
- Actinia obtruncata<small> Stimpson, 1853</small>
- Actinia ornata<small> Holdsworth, 1855</small>
- Actinia ostraearum<small> Gay, 1854</small>
- Actinia papuana<small> Quoy & Gaimard, 1833</small>
- Actinia prasina<small> Gosse, 1860</small>
- Actinia punctata<small> Gay, 1854</small>
- Actinia pusilla<small> Swartz, 1788</small>
- Actinia reclinata<small> Bosc, 1802</small>
- Actinia rosea<small> Risso, 1826</small>
- Actinia rosula<small> Ehrenberg, 1834</small>
- Actinia rubida<small> Holdsworth, 1855</small>
- Actinia rufa<small> Müller, 1776</small>
- Actinia sali<small> Monteiro, Sole-Cava & Thorpe, 1997</small>
- Actinia sanguineo-punctata<small> Templeton, 1841</small>
- Actinia simplex<small> Ehrenberg, 1834</small>
- Actinia sinensis<small> Andres, 1883</small>
- Actinia striata<small> Quoy & Gaimard, 1833</small>
- Actinia striata<small> Rizzi, 1907</small>
- Actinia strigata<small> Quoy & Gaimard, 1833</small>
- Actinia tabella<small> Drayton in Dana, 1846</small>
- Actinia taeniata<small> Gay, 1854</small>
- Actinia tenebrosa<small> Farquhar, 1898</small>
- Actinia tilesii<small> Milne Edwards, 1857</small>
- Actinia timida<small> Verrill, 1868</small>
- Actinia tongana<small> Quoy & Gaimard, 1833</small>
- Actinia truncata<small> Müller, 1776</small>
- Actinia varians <small>Müller, 1806</small>
- Actinia violacea<small> Risso, 1826</small>
- Actinia volva<small> Müller, 1776</small>
- Actinia zonata<small> Rathke, 1836</small>
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