#5022 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Giant Green Anemone
Anthopleura xanthogrammica
🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 outside Europe
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what is it?
Anthopleura xanthogrammica , or the giant green anemone , is a species of intertidal sea anemone of the family Actiniidae.
base stats
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.
- 28,745 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich von Brandt in 1835 (191 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Giant Green Anemone
- scientific name
- Anthopleura xanthogrammica
- class
- Anthozoa
- order
- Actiniaria
- family
- Actiniidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 28,745
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1835 by Johann Friedrich von Brandt
relatives· Actiniidae
#4868 📷 10Dahlia Anemone
🇳🇱 Zeedahlia
Urticina felina
👀 68 in NL
#4870 📷 7Atlantic Beadlet Anemone
🇳🇱 Rode paardenanemoon
Actinia equina
👀 62 in NL
#4926 📷 7snakelocks anemone
🇳🇱 Wasroos
Anemonia viridis
LC 👀 9 in NL
#5020 📷 7Aggregating Anemone
Anthopleura elegantissima
🌍 33.7k seen
#5021 📷 8Sunburst Anemone
Anthopleura sola
🌍 33.7k seen
#5028 📷 10Moonglow Anemone
Anthopleura artemisia
🌍 10.2k seen
#5029 📷 7Painted Anemone
Urticina grebelnyi
🌍 9.6k seen
#5035 📷 10Waratah Anemone
Actinia tenebrosa
🌍 5.7k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 51659, Wikidata Q1551988, GBIF 2256852, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.