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Sunburst Anemone

Anthopleura sola

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8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Ed Bierman · CC BY 4.0
  2. 2. © Roberto Daniel Avila · CC BY 4.0
  3. 3. © Donna Pomeroy · CC BY-NC 4.0
  4. 4. © Cricket Raspet · CC BY 4.0
  5. 5. © juliamarkey · CC BY-NC 4.0
  6. 6. © Elise Scheuermann · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. © sea-kangaroo · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  8. 8. © sykospark · CC BY-NC 4.0
Sunburst Anemone, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © Ed Bierman · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Anthopleura sola , commonly known as the starburst anemone , is a species of sea anemone of the family Actiniidae. A. sola was previously considered the solitary form of the common aggregating anemone Anthopleura elegantissima , but was identified as a separate species in 2000.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 33,690iNaturalist 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.
  • 33,690 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Sunburst Anemone
scientific name
Anthopleura sola
class
Anthozoa
order
Actiniaria
family
Actiniidae
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
33,690
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Actiniidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 49051, Wikidata Q1866451, GBIF 2256825, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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