Metridium dianthus is a species of sea anemone in the family Metridiidae.[1] It is found in the northern Atlantic Ocean (including the coasts of the British Isles) and in the northeast Pacific Ocean. There is also a record from South Africa, possible resulting from an introduction.[2]
^ abcFautin, Daphne (2015). "Metridium dianthus (Ellis, 1768)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
^Hiscock, K.; Wilson, E. (2007). "Plumose anemone (Metridium dianthus)". Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Reviews. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
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larvae, usually emerge through the mouth, but in some species, such as Metridiumdianthus, may be swept out from the body cavity through the cinclides. In many...
emanate from one individual through cloning. Metridium farcimen might be confused with Metridiumdianthus which occupies the same habitat and has a similar...
confused with Metridiumdianthus, but the column in D. cincta is more slender and the tentacles are less numerous than those of M. dianthus and do not have...
such as Sagartia elegans and Sagartia troglodytes. It also feeds on Metridiumdianthus, Sagartiogeton laceratus, Paractinia striata, Actinothoe sphyrodeta...
include Actinia equina, Anemonia viridis, Calliactis parasitica and Metridiumdianthus. The green shore crab (Carcinus maenas) feeds on sea spiders, but...
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