Octineon

Octineon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Anthozoa
Order:	Actiniaria
Superfamily:	Metridioidea
Family:	Octineonidae; Fowler, 1894
Genus:	Octineon; Moseley in Fowler, 1894

Octineon is the sole genus of sea anemones in the monotypic family Octineonidae.[1]

Distribution

There are few records of this genus, but it has been reported living within the North Pacific waters, and is thought to have a much wider distribution than that.[2] It is difficult to identify due to the fact that it's usually flat against bedrock on the sea floor.[2]

Species

The genus contains the following species:

Octineon chilense Carlgren, 1959
Octineon lindahli (Carpenter in Carpenter & Jeffreys, 1871)
Octineon suecicum Carlgren, 1940

References

"Octineon Fowler, 1894". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2010. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
Sanamyan, N.P. (2018). "First record of two genera of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria), Octineon and Edwardsiella, from the North Pacific Ocean" (PDF). Invertebrate Zoology. 15: 1–18 – via http://www.sanamyan.com.

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[1] "Octineon Fowler, 1894". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2010. Retrieved January 20, 2012.

[:0-2] Sanamyan, N.P. (2018). "First record of two genera of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria), Octineon and Edwardsiella, from the North Pacific Ocean" (PDF). Invertebrate Zoology. 15: 1–18 – via http://www.sanamyan.com.