Paranemonia cinerea

Paranemonia cinerea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Cnidaria
Class:Anthozoa
Order:Actiniaria
Family:Actiniidae
Genus:Paranemonia
Species: P. cinerea
Binomial name
Paranemonia cinerea
Contarini, 1844

Paranemonia cinerea (also known as Anemonia cinerea or as the grass crack anemone) is a sea anemone that inhabits the Mediterranean Sea.[1] It primarily inhabits lagoons near the coast in the Adriatic Sea, and is known to inhabit the coasts of Albania, France, Greece, Italy, and Spain.[2] Paranemonia cinerea was thought to be endemic to the Mediterranean, until it was discovered in the Ria de Arosa in 1992; though new discoveries are complicated by easy confusion with Anemonia sulcata.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Fautin, Daphne (14 October 2015). "Paranemonia cinerea (Contarini, 1844)". World Register of Marine Species. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Antoniadou, C.; Bo, M.; Garcia, C.; Chintiroglou, C. (2015). "Paranemonia cinerea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T50148677A51216714.en. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. ↑ den Hartog, J. C.; Ates, Ron M. L. (January 2011). "Actiniaria from Ria de Arosa, Galicia, northwestern Spain, in the Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Leiden". Zoologica Medica. 85 (2). Retrieved 4 November 2017.


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