Edwardsia

This article is about the sea anemone genus Edwardsia de Quatrefages 1842. For the butterfly genus Edwardsia Tutt 1907, see Satyrium (butterfly). For the defunct legume genus, Edwardsia Salisb., see Sophora.

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.

Edwardsia
Model of Edwardsia beautempsii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Actiniaria
Family:	Edwardsiidae
Genus:	Edwardsia de Quatrefages, 1842 [1]
Synonyms
List Diphtera Sluiter, 1888 Edwardisa Edwardsa Edwardsioides Edwarsia

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

References

1. WoRMS (2018). "Edwardsia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 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". Marine Biology Research. 8 (3): 233–245. doi: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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4661.3.7.