Other animals › Actiniid Sea Anemones
fish-eating anemone
Urticina piscivora
1,109 observations in the source records
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
What the records say
- 1,109 observations are recorded in the imported source snapshot. Observation source
Easily confused with
Painted AnemoneUrticina grebelnyi
White-spotted Rose AnemoneCribrinopsis albopunctata
Giant Green AnemoneAnthopleura xanthogrammica
White-striped AnemoneAnthothoe albocincta
Sand Rose AnemoneUrticina columbiana
Painted GreenlingOxylebius pictus
Christmas AnemoneUrticina crassicornis
Candy-striped ShrimpLebbeus grandimanus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 38,457 |
|---|---|
| California | 38,299 |
| Canada | 361 |
| British Columbia | 361 |
| Washington | 142 |
| Alaska | 124 |
| Oregon | 16 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Cnidarians · Cnidaria |
| Class | Sea Anemones and Corals · Anthozoa |
| Order | Sea Anemones · Actiniaria |
| Family | Actiniid Sea Anemones · Actiniidae |
| Genus | Urticina |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise fish-eating anemone with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.