#4868 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co

Dahlia Anemone

🇳🇱 Zeedahlia ·Urticina felina

🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Travis · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Asbjørn Hansen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Asbjørn Hansen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Robin Gwen Agarwal · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © anonymous · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Zeelandbrug, Zierikzee, Netherlands:© Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Zeelandbrug, Zierikzee, Nederland:© Carla van Westing · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Schouwen-Duiveland, Netherlands:© no rights reserved · CC0
9. Den Osse - Nieuwe kerkweg:© Adrie Rolloos · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Zeelandbrug, Zierikzee, Netherlands:© Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The dahlia anemone ( Urticina felina ) is a sea anemone found in the north Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. Its colour is variable, from deep red to brown or purplish, with green spots and darker tentacles. Dahlia anemones live attached to rock on the seabed from the lower tidal limit down to a depth of 100 m and also attached to other organisms. Their diet comprises small fish and crustaceans, which they immobilize...

base stats

NL sightings 68iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,606iNaturalist observations

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 68 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #22 most seen of the jellyfish, starfish, worms & co in NL.
1,606 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1761 (265 years ago).