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Moonglow Anemone

Anthopleura artemisia

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10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © kayakmak · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © Joe Paquin · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. © Wendy Feltham · CC BY-NC 4.0
  4. 4. © Jerry Kirkhart · CC BY 4.0
  5. 5. © Karolle Wall · CC BY-NC 4.0
  6. 6. © Alison Young · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. © abbyt · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. © juliamarkey · CC BY-NC 4.0
  9. 9. © Allison Gong · CC BY 4.0
  10. 10. © Trevor Van Loon · CC BY-NC 4.0
Moonglow Anemone, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © kayakmak · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Anthopleura artemisia is a species of sea anemone. It is known by a number of common names, including burrowing anemone and moonglow anemone . It was first described to science in 1846 in a volume by James Dwight Dana, reporting on the animals found on the United States Exploring Expedition. Dana attributes the description to Charles Pickering, who was a naturalist on the expedition.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 10,197iNaturalist 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

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 10,197 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Moonglow Anemone
scientific name
Anthopleura artemisia
class
Anthozoa
order
Actiniaria
family
Actiniidae
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
10,197
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Actiniidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 51658, Wikidata Q1992100, GBIF 2256847, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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