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Epiactis
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Epiactis

Epiactis is a genus of sea anemones in the family Actiniidae. There are about nineteen recognised species and the type species is Epiactis prolifera.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Brooding Anemone

speciesEpiactis prolifera

Epiactis thompsoni

speciesEpiactis thompsoni

Epiactis lisbethae

speciesEpiactis lisbethae

Epiactis australiensis

speciesEpiactis australiensis

Epiactis handi

speciesEpiactis handi

Epiactis japonica

speciesEpiactis japonica

Ritter's brooding anemone

speciesEpiactis ritteri

Epiactis fernaldi

speciesEpiactis fernaldi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49061.