Edwardsia Explained

Edwardsia is a genus of sea anemones, the type of the family Edwardsiidae. They have eight mesenteries and live in tubes in the sand. The name, in Neo-Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.

The genus contains the following species:^{[1] [2]}

• Edwardsia allmani McIntosh, 1866
• Edwardsia alternobomen Izumi & Fujita, 2019^[3]
• Edwardsia andresi Danielssen, 1890
• Edwardsia annamensis Carlgren, 1943
• Edwardsia arctica Carlgren, 1921
• Edwardsia arenosa Klunzinger, 1877
• Edwardsia athalyei England, 1990
• Edwardsia beautempsii Quatrefages, 1842
• Edwardsia californica (McMurrich, 1913)
• Edwardsia capensis Carlgren, 1938
• Edwardsia carlgreni Carlgren, 1921
• Edwardsia claparedii (Panceri, 1869)
• Edwardsia clavata (Rathke, 1843)
• Edwardsia collaris Stimpson, 1856
• Edwardsia coriacea Moseley, 1877
• Edwardsia costata Danielssen, 1890
• Edwardsia danica Carlgren, 1921
• Edwardsia delapiae Carlgren & Stephenson, 1928
• Edwardsia duodecemtentaculata Carlgren, 1931
• Edwardsia elegans Verrill, 1869
• Edwardsia finmarchica Carlgren, 1921
• Edwardsia flaccida Marion, 1882
• Edwardsia fusca Danielssen, 1890
• Edwardsia goodsiri M'Intosh, 1866
• Edwardsia handi Daly & Ljubenkov, 2008
• Edwardsia inachi Sanamyan, Sanamyan & Schories, 2015
• Edwardsia incerta Carlgren, 1921
• Edwardsia isimangaliso Daly et al., 2012
• Edwardsia islandica Carlgren, 1921
• Edwardsia ivelli Manuel, 1975
• Edwardsia japonica Carlgren, 1931
• Edwardsia jonesii Seshaiya & Cuttress, 1969
• Edwardsia juliae Daly & Ljubenkov, 2008
• Edwardsia kameruniensis Carlgren, 1927
• Edwardsia longicornis Carlgren, 1921
• Edwardsia mammillata Bourne, 1916
• Edwardsia maroccana Carlgren, 1931
• Edwardsia mcmurrichi Daly & Ljubenkov, 2008
• Edwardsia meridionalis Williams, 1981
• Edwardsia migottoi Gusmão, Brandão & Daly, 2016
• Edwardsia neozelanica Farquhar, 1898
• Edwardsia norvegica Carlgren, 1942
• Edwardsia novazelanica Farquhar, 1898
• Edwardsia octoplax (Sluiter, 1888)
• Edwardsia octoradiata Carlgren, 1931
• Edwardsia olguini Daly & Ljubenkov, 2008
• Edwardsia perdita Williams, 1981
• Edwardsia profunda Daly & Ljubenkov, 2008
• Edwardsia rigida Marion, 1882
• Edwardsia rubricollum Stimpson, 1856
• Edwardsia rugosa Bourne, 1916
• Edwardsia sanctaehelenae Carlgren, 1941
• Edwardsia scabra Marion, 1882
• Edwardsia sipunculoides (Stimpson, 1853)
• Edwardsia sojabio Sanamyan N. & Sanamyan K., 2013
• Edwardsia sulcata Verrill, 1864
• Edwardsia tecta Haddon, 1889
• Edwardsia timida Quatrefages, 1842
• Edwardsia tinctrix Annandale, 1915
• Edwardsia tuberculata Duben & Koren, 1847
• Edwardsia vegae Carlgren, 1921
• Edwardsia vitrea (Danielssen, 1890)
• Edwardsia vivipara Carlgren, 1950
• Edwardsia willeyana Bourne, 1916

Notes and References

1. WoRMS . 2018 . Edwardsia . 100730 . August 29, 2018.
2. Marymegan Daly . Renzo Perissinotto . Megan Laird . David Dyer . Antonio Todaro . 2012 . Description and ecology of a new species of Edwardsia de Quatrefages, 1842 (Anthozoa, Actiniaria) from the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa . . 8 . 3 . 233–245 . 10.1080/17451000.2011.617757.
3. Izumi, T. . Fujita, T. . 2019 . Two species of Edwardsia having gigantic nematocysts, E. aff. tuberculata and E. alternobomen sp. nov. (Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Actiniaria; Edwardsiidae) from Japan . Zootaxa . 4661 . 3 . 533–544 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4661.3.7.