#4982 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Speckled rock anemone
Oulactis muscosa
🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in Europe, not in NL
8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Felix Harper · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Tony Wills · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. © riroriro · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Tony Wills · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. © rasshamra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © rasshamra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © rasshamra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © wild_wind · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Oulactis muscosa , also known as the sand anemone and speckled anemone , is a species of sea anemone in 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.
- 3,536 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Speckled rock anemone
- scientific name
- Oulactis muscosa
- class
- Anthozoa
- order
- Actiniaria
- family
- Actiniidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1
- sightings worldwide
- 3,536
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
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
#5022 📷 7Giant Green Anemone
Anthopleura xanthogrammica
🌍 28.7k seen
#5028 📷 10Moonglow Anemone
Anthopleura artemisia
🌍 10.2k seen
#5029 📷 7Painted Anemone
Urticina grebelnyi
🌍 9.6k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 428775, Wikidata Q3325053, GBIF 2256653, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.