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Edwardsia

Edwardsia
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Model of Edwardsia beautempsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Actiniaria
Suborder: Anenthemonae
Superfamily: Edwardsioidea
Family: Edwardsiidae
Genus: Edwardsia
de Quatrefages, 1842 

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 New Latin, commemorates the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.

The genus contains the following species:


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