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

Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Priapus felinus*	Linnaeus, 1761	synonym
*Tealia felina*	(Linnaeus, 1767)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: zeedahlia 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.

English: dahlia anemone; dahlia sea anemone; feline dahlia anemone; feline sea dahlia; northern red anemone sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.;National General Status Working Group [Groupe de travail national sur la situation générale]. (2017). Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada [Noms communs normalisés pour les espèces sauvages au Canada].;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.;Gibson, R.; Hextall, B.; Rogers, A. (2001). Photographic Guide to the Sea and Shore Life of Britain and North-west Europe. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York. pp 436.

French: anémone dahlia; dahlia de mer 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.;Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

German: Braune Seedahlie; dickhörnige Seerose; Seedahlie

Literature

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Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761). 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:100834