Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Actiniaria > Suborder Enthemonae > Superfamily Actinioidea > Family Actiniidae > Genus Urticina

Urticina crassicornis (Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Actinia Linnaeus, 1767

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Urticina*	Ehrenberg, 1834	accepted genus name
*Bunodes*		synonym
*Madoniactis*	Danielssen, 1890	synonym

Species group names

*Tealia crassicornis*	(Müller, 1776)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Christmas anemone; crassicorn anemone; mottled anemone; northern red anemone; painted anemone; painted urticina; rose anemone sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Cutress, W.C. Jaap, D.G. Fautin, R.J. Larson, G.R. Harbison, M.N. Arai & D.M. Opresko. (2002). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, Bethesda, Maryland. 28:1-115.

German: Dickhörnige Seerose

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Genbank

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Urticina crassicornis (Müller, 1776). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100832