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

Anemonia viridis (Forsskål, 1775)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anemonia*	Risso, 1827	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Priapus viridis*	Forsskål, 1775	synonym

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.

English: opelet anemone; snakelocks 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.;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	Haylor, G. S.; Thorpe, J. P.; Carter, M. A. (1984). Genetic and ecological differentiation between sympatric colour morphs of the common intertidal sea anemone Actinia equina. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 16, 281-289
additional source	Patzner, R. A. (2004). Associations with sea anemones in the Mediterranean Sea: a review. Ophelia, 58(1): 1-11
additional source	Wittman, K. J. (2008). Two new species of Heteromysini (Mysida, Mysidae) from the island of Madeira (N.E. Atlantic), with notes on sea anemone and hermit crab commensalisms in the genus Heteromysis S. I. Smith, 1873. Crustaceana, 81(3): 351-374
additional source	Arvedlund, M.; Iwao, K.; Brolund, T. M.; Takemura, A. (2006). Juvenile Thalassoma amblycephalum Bleeker (Labridae, Teleostei) dwelling among the tentacles of sea anemones: a cleanerfish with an unusual talent?. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 329, 161-173
additional source	Rorandelli, R.; Bartolini, F.; Gomei, M.; Cannicci, S. (2007). Observations in captivity of the activity patterns and resources utilization of the spider crab Inachus phalangium (Decapoda, Majidae). Marine Biology, 151, 1111-1116
additional source	Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World.
additional source	Moran, Y.; Kahn, R.; Cohen, L.; Gur, M.; Karbat, I.; Gordon, D.; Gurevitz, M. (2007). Molecular analysis of the sea anemone toxin Av3 reveals selectivity to insects and demonstrates the heterogeneity of receptor site-3 on voltage-gated Na+ channels. Biochemical Journal, 406, 41-48
additional source	Chintiroglou, C. C.; Doumenc, D. A.; Zamponi, M. O. (1997). Commented list of the Mediterranean Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Anthozoa). Acta Adriatica, 38(1): 65-70
additional source	Ates, R. M. L. (1997). Bloemdieren: De Zeeanemonen En Hun Verwanten Van De Nederlandse Kust. C. Moerman. Zeeanjer., pp. 31.
additional source	Manuel, R. L. (1981). British Anthozoa. London: Academic Press. 241 pp. (Synopses of the British Fauna).
additional source	Doumenc, D. A.; Koukouras, A. (1985). Actinies de la mer Égée: méthodes d'identification, zoogéographie. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 7A, 4, (3): 497-529
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.
additional source	Ramil Blanco, F.; Pulpeiro, E. F. (1990). Inventario de los antozoos de Galicia. A checklist of the Anthozoa from Galicia. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 86(1-4): 17-30
additional source	Sunagawa, S.; Choi, J.; Forman, H. J.; Medina, M. (2008). Hyperthermic stress-induced increase in the expression of glutamate-cysteine ligase and glutathione levels in the symbiotic sea anemone Aiptasia pallida. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B, 151, 133-138
additional source	Robson, E. A. (2004). Cnidogenesis in the jewel anemone Corynactis californica (Carlgren, 1936) and C. viridis (Allman, 1846) (Anthozoa: Corallimorpharia). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden, 78(27): 461-476
additional source	Guinot, D.; Doumenc, D. A.; Chintiroglou, C. C. (1995). A review of the carrying behaviour in brachyuran crabs, with additional information on the symbioses with sea anemones. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 43(2): 377-416
additional source	Excoffon, A. C.; Genzano, G. N.; Zamponi, M. O. (1999). Macrobenthos associated with a population of Anthothoe chilensis (Lesson, 1830) (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) in Mar del Plata Harbor, Argentina. Ciencias Marinas, 25(2): 177-191
additional source	Allcock, L. A.; Watts, P. C.; Thorpe, J. P. (1998). Divergence of nematocysts in two colour morphs of the intertidal beadlet anemone Actinia equina. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 78, 821-828
additional source	Mačić, V.; Trainito, E.; Đorđević, N. (2024). Anthozoa of the Adriatic: New insights and a checklist for the southeastern Adriatic. Mediterranean Marine Science. 25(2): 532-547.
additional source	Loukmidou, S.; Chintiroglou, C. C.; Doumenc, D. A. (1997). Inventaire du cnidome des actiniaires et corallimorphaires de Mediterranee (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Bios, 4, 63-114
additional source	Merle, P.; Sabourault, C.; Richier, S.; Allemand, D.; Furla, P. (2007). Catalase characterization and implication in bleaching of a symbiotic sea anemone. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 42, 236-246
additional source	Moran, Y.; Gurevitz, M. (2006). When positive selection of neurotoxin genes is missing: the riddle of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. FEBS Journal, 273(17): 3886-3892
additional source	Daly, M.; Chaudhuri, A.; Gusmão, L.; Rodríguez, E. (2008). Phylogenetic relationships among sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 48, 292-301
additional source	Schlesinger, A.; Goldshmid, R.; Hadfield, M. G.; Kramarsky-Winter, E.; Loya, Y. (2009). Laboratory culture of the aeolid nudibranch Spurilla neapolitana (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia): life history aspects. Marine Biology, 156, 753-761
additional source	Karalis, P.; Chintiroglou, C. C. (1997). Biometric investigations on the cnidae of the rustica-color variety of the sea anemone Anemonia viridis (Förskal, 1775). Israel Journal of Zoology, 43, 385-390
additional source	Braga Gomes, P.; Zamponi, M. O.; Solé-Cava, A. M. (2003). Asexual reproduction and molecular systematics of the sea anemone Anthopleura krebsi (Actiniaria: Actiniidae). Revista de Biologia Tropical, 51, 1, 147-154
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Daly, M.; Gusmão, L.; Reft, A. J.; Rodríguez, E. (2010). Phylogenetic signal in mitochondrial and nuclear markers in sea anemones (Cnidaria, Actiniaria). Integrative and Comparative Biology, 50(3): 371-388
additional source	Choresh, O.; Azem, A.; Loya, Y. (2007). Over-expression of highly conserved mitochondrial 70-kDa heat-shock protein in the sea anemone Anemonia viridis. Journal of Thermal Biology, 32, 367-373

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Anemonia viridis (Forsskål, 1775). 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:100808