Edwardsia

For the butterfly genus Edwardsia as described by Tutt in 1907, see Satyrium (butterfly).
Edwardsia
Model of Edwardsia beautempsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Actiniaria
Suborder: Anenthemonae
Superfamily: Edwardsioidea
Family: Edwardsiidae
Genus: Edwardsia
de Quatrefages, 1842 [1]

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 New Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.

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

  • Edwardsia allmani McIntosh, 1866
  • 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 grubii Andres, 1883
  • Edwardsia handi Daly & Ljubenkov, 2008
  • Edwardsia horstii Pax, 1924
  • 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 leidyi Verrill, 1898
  • Edwardsia longicornis Carlgren, 1921
  • Edwardsia mammillata Bourne, 1916
  • Edwardsia maroccana Carlgren, 1931
  • Edwardsia mcmurrichi Daly & Ljubenkov, 2008
  • Edwardsia meridionalis Williams, 1981
  • Edwardsia neozelanica Farquhar, 1898
  • Edwardsia norvegica Carlgren, 1942
  • Edwardsia octoplax (Sluiter, 1888)
  • Edwardsia octoradiata Carlgren, 1931
  • Edwardsia olguini 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 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 (2011). "Edwardsia". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
  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.
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