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: