#4899 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Striped Green Sea Anemone
🇳🇱 Groene golfbrekeranemoon ·Diadumene lineata
🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 887 N Shore Dr, Anna Maria, FL, US
📍 Gateway National Recreation Area, Monmouth County, US-NJ, US
📍 Tainan, TW-TN-TI, TW
📍 Aabenraa, DK-SD, DK
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © 藜梓柠 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Oscar Dove · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Robin Gwen Agarwal · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Cheng-Tao Lin · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © 洪清漳 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Damon Tighe · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 887 N Shore Dr, Anna Maria, FL, US:© Marlo Perdicas · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Gateway National Recreation Area, Monmouth County, US-NJ, US:© samik1234 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Tainan, TW-TN-TI, TW:© tern911 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Aabenraa, DK-SD, DK:© Maria · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Diadumene lineata , the orange-striped green sea anemone , has several morphotypes which have been described multiple times.
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 18 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,294 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Addison Emery Verrill in 1869 (157 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Striped Green Sea Anemone
- Nederlands
- Groene golfbrekeranemoon
- scientific name
- Diadumene lineata
- class
- Anthozoa
- order
- Actiniaria
- family
- Diadumenidae
- sightings in NL
- 18
- sightings in Europe
- 160
- sightings worldwide
- 3,294
- GBIF records in NL
- 97
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1869 by Addison Emery Verrill
relatives· Diadumenidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 81783, Wikidata Q2656923, GBIF 4283395, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.