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