#5029 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Painted Anemone
Urticina grebelnyi
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what is it?
Urticina grebelnyi , commonly known as the painted anemone or Christmas anemone , is a large, colorful sea anemone found from Alaska to Southern California, at depths of 0 to 30 meters, often in high-current rocky habitats. They can live up to 80 years.
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.
- 9,617 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Painted Anemone
- scientific name
- Urticina grebelnyi
- class
- Anthozoa
- order
- Actiniaria
- family
- Actiniidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 9,617
- 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
#5035 📷 10Waratah Anemone
Actinia tenebrosa
🌍 5.7k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 492672, Wikidata Q2026934, GBIF 4339144, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.