Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Hexacorallia > Order Actiniaria > Suborder Nynantheae > Infraorder Thenaria > Superfamily Endomyaria > Family Actiniidae > Genus Anemonia

Anemonia viridis (Forskål, 1775)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anemonia*	Risso, 1826	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: anèmona de mar comuna; fideus de mar sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Dutch: draadroos; wasroos sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: snakelocks anemone sources: Hayward, P.J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. 352 pp.

French: anémone de mer verte sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Wachsrose sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Greek: Μαλλούσα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: capelli di Venere; morosa sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Spanish, Castillian: anémona común; ortiga de mar

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 106-109
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
additional source	Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
GenBank (39987 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Anemonia viridis. In: Fautin, Daphne G. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100808