#4898 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Golfbrekeranemoon
Diadumene cincta
🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 South Portland
📍 Strandhoekweg 1, 4493 NS Kamperland, Nederland
📍 Schouwen-Duiveland, Pays-Bas
📍 Eyemouth - West Hurker Rock
📍 Le Port, Le Havre, France
📍 La Manche, Bretagne, FR
📍 Burghsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands
📍 4675 RB Zierikzee, Nederland
📍 4675 RB Zierikzee, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. South Portland:© Hanae Garrison · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. Strandhoekweg 1, 4493 NS Kamperland, Nederland:© Carla van Westing · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Schouwen-Duiveland, Pays-Bas:© Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Eyemouth - West Hurker Rock:© Tony Gilbert · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Le Port, Le Havre, France:© Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. La Manche, Bretagne, FR:© t_tully · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Burghsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands:© Ron Ates · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 4675 RB Zierikzee, Nederland:© Carla van Westing · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 4675 RB Zierikzee, Nederland:© Carla van Westing · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Diadumene cincta is a small and delicate, usually orange, sea anemone. 4 in), but specimens twice this size have been recorded. Diadumene cincta is found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean.
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
- Spotted 19 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 86 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by John Boyd in 1925 (101 years ago).
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Golfbrekeranemoon
- scientific name
- Diadumene cincta
- class
- Anthozoa
- order
- Actiniaria
- family
- Diadumenidae
- sightings in NL
- 19
- sightings in Europe
- 27
- sightings worldwide
- 86
- GBIF records in NL
- 258
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1925 by John Boyd
relatives· Diadumenidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 560510, Wikidata Q2046248, GBIF 2257924, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.