Sea Anemones | |
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Color plate of "Actiniae" (an old term for Actiniaria) from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur (1904). | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Anthozoa |
Subclass: | Hexacorallia |
Order: | Actiniaria |
The Actiniaria form an order of animals in the class Anthozoa that includes sea anemones.
Rodriguez et al proposed a new classification for the Actiniaria based on extensive DNA results.
Suborders, Superfamilies and Families included in Actiniaria are:
The older classification of the Actiniaria according to Calgren is as follows: