Starlet sea anemone: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the starlet sea anemone lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Nematostella vectensis
Group	Jellyfish, corals & anemones
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Class	Cnidarian
Order	Actiniaria
Family	Edwardsiidae

Where does the starlet sea anemone live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the starlet sea anemone in 3 countries and territories across Europe and North America. In Canada it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the starlet sea anemone endangered?

The starlet sea anemone’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the starlet sea anemone?

The starlet sea anemone (Nematostella vectensis) is a cnidarian in the order Actiniaria and the family Edwardsiidae, genus Nematostella. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the starlet sea anemone

The starlet sea anemone (Nematostella vectensis) is a species of small sea anemone in the family Edwardsiidae native to the east coast of the United States, with introduced populations along the coast of southeast England and the west coast of the United States (class Anthozoa, phylum Cnidaria, a sister group of Bilateria). Populations have also been located in Nova Scotia, Canada. This sea anemone is found in the shallow brackish water of coastal lagoons and salt marshes where its slender column is usually buried in the mud and its tentacles exposed. Its genome has been sequenced and it is cultivated in the laboratory as a model organism, but the IUCN has listed it as being a "Vulnerable species" in the wild.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Starlet sea anemone (revision 1354926148), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q139440 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).