#5063 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Magnificent Sea Anemone
Radianthus magnifica
🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 outside Europe
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Tony Strazzari · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Jean-Paul Cassez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Rafi Amar · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Blogie Robillo · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 5. © Shankar Meyer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Jean Roger · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 8. © Dawn Goebbels · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Langzi · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Heteractis magnifica , also known by the common names magnificent sea anemone or Ritteri anemone , is a species of sea anemone belonging to the Stichodactylidae family native to the Indo-Pacific area.
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.
- 3,229 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Magnificent Sea Anemone
- scientific name
- Radianthus magnifica
- class
- Anthozoa
- order
- Actiniaria
- family
- Stichodactylidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 3,229
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1500737, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.