#4870 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co

Atlantic Beadlet Anemone

🇳🇱 Rode paardenanemoon ·Actinia equina

🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in the Netherlands

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © mnolito · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Tânia Araújo · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Benjamin · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Lucy Flanagan · CC0
6. © Gonzalo Mucientes Sandoval · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Don Loarie · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The beadlet anemone , Actinia equina , is a common sea anemone found on rocky shores around all coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland. Its range extends to the rest of Western Europe and the Mediterranean Sea, and along the Atlantic coast of Africa as far south as South Africa.

base stats

NL sightings 62iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 14,450iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 62 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #24 most seen of the jellyfish, starfish, worms & co in NL.
14,450 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).