Sea Anemones of New Zealand

A guide to common sea anemones around New Zealand. Ordered by how often the genus has been observed on Naturewatch.

See also the new NIWA guide

Speckled Camouflage Anemone ¹
Oulactis muscosa

Actinernus elongatus ²

Anthopleura ¹

Anthopleura inconspicua

Anthopleura kohli

Anthopleura minima ³

Anthopleura radians ²

Anthothoe albens

Anthothoe vagrans

Apricot Anemone ⁴
Bunodactis chrysobathys

Brooding or Nurse Anemone ¹
Cricophorus nutrix

Bubble-tip Anemone ⁵
Entacmaea quadricolor

Diadumene crocata

Diadumene neozelanica ¹

Edwardsia neozelanica ⁶

Epiactis mortenseni

Epiactis thompsoni ¹

Giant Shore Anemone ⁷
Oulactis magna

Green Anemone ⁸
Aulactinia veratra

Habrosanthus bathamae ⁹

Isoparactis ferax ¹⁰

Jewel anemone ¹
Corynactis australis

Metridium canum

Mimetridium cryptum ¹¹

NZCMIv1 Alicia sp.
Alicia

NZCMIv1 Antiparactis sp. ¹²
Antiparactis

NZCMIv1 Undescribed sp. 1 ²
Actiniaria

Olive Anemone ¹³
Isactinia olivacea

Orange-Striped Green Sea Anemone ¹⁴
Diadumene lineata

Oulactis cinctum

Red Sea Anemone or Kōtore / Kōtoretore ¹
Actinia tenebrosa

Rose Anemone ¹
Anthopleura rosea

Tidepool or Small Brown or Mudflat Anemone ¹⁵
Anthopleura aureoradiata

WMB2007 Epiactis sp. 1 ¹
Actiniaria2

Wandering sea anemone or Hūmenga ¹⁶
Phlyctenactis tuberculosa

White Striped Anemone ¹
Anthothoe albocincta

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