Edwardsia

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:


 * Edwardsia allmani McIntosh, 1866
 * Edwardsia alternobomen Izumi & Fujita, 2019
 * 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