Urticina is a genus of relatively large and often colorful sea anemones in the family Actiniidae from the North Pacific, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.

Species

The following species are listed in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS):

Urticina

Urticina asiatica (Averincev, 1967) Urticina clandestina Sanamyan N., Sanamyan K. & McDaniel, 2013 Urticina coccinea (Verrill, 1866) Urticina columbiana Verrill, 1922 – crusty red anemone, columbia sand anemone, sand anemone, and sand-rose anemone Urticina coriacea (Cuvier, 1798) – red beaded anemone Urticina crassicornis (Müller, 1776) – Christmas anemone Urticina eques (Gosse, 1858) – white-spotted rose anemone or strawberry anemone Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) – northern red anemone Urticina grebelnyi Sanamyan, N.P. & Sanamyan, K.E., 2006 Urticina macloviana (Lesson, 1830) Urticina mcpeaki Hauswaldt & Pearson, 1999 Urticina piscivora (Sebens & Laakso, 1978) – fish-eating anemone and fish-eating urticina Urticina tuberculata Cocks, 1850

Urticina

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Actiniidae

Hexacorallia genera

Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg

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