| Edwardsiidae | |
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| The sea anemone Edwardsia claparedii at Valentia Island, County Kerry, Ireland. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Actiniaria |
| Superfamily: | Edwardsioidea |
| Family: | Edwardsiidae Andres, 1881 |
| Genera | |
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Edwardsiidae is a family of sea anemones.1 Edwardsiids have long thin bodies and live buried in sediments or in holes or crevices in rock.2
Genera
The following genera are recognized within the family Edwardsiidae.
- Drillactis Verrill, 1922
- Edwardsia Quatrefages, 1842
- Edwardsianthus England, 1987
- Edwardsiella Andres, 1883
- Halcampogeton Carlgren, 1937
- Isoedwardsia Carlgren, 1900
- Milne-Edwardsia Carlgren, 1892
- Nematostella Stephenson, 1935
- Paraedwardsia Carlgren in Nordgaard, 1905
- Scolanthus Gosse, 1853
- Synhalcampella
- Tempuractis
References
References
- WoRMS (2018). "Edwardsiidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
- Rodríguez, Estefanía; Barbeitos, Marcos S.; Brugler, Mercer R.; Crowley, Louise M.; Grajales, Alejandro; Gusmão, Luciana; Häussermann, Verena; Reft, Abigail; Daly, Marymegan; Colgan, Donald James (2014). "Hidden among sea anemones: The first comprehensive phylogenetic reconstruction of the order Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) reveals a novel group of hexacorals". PLOS ONE. 9 (5) e96998. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...996998R. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096998. PMC 4013120. PMID 24806477.