#4855 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Plumose Anemone
🇳🇱 Zeeanjelier ·Metridium senile
🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in the Netherlands
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what is it?
Metridium dianthus , common name the plumose anemone or frilled anemone , is a species of sea anemone in the family Metridiidae. It is found in the seas off northwest Europe and the east and west coasts of North America. This anemone is perhaps better known by its synonym, Metridium senile ; but that name is now considered invalid.
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 201 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #9 most seen of the jellyfish, starfish, worms & co in NL.
- 8,834 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1761 (265 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Plumose Anemone
- Nederlands
- Zeeanjelier
- scientific name
- Metridium senile
- class
- Anthozoa
- order
- Actiniaria
- family
- Metridiidae
- sightings in NL
- 201
- sightings in Europe
- 873
- sightings worldwide
- 8,834
- GBIF records in NL
- 736
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1761
relatives· Metridiidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 49071, Wikidata Q935234, GBIF 5183974, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.