Sebae anemone

Sebae anemone
A Red Sea clownfish in a sebae anemone
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Stichodactylidae
Genus: Radianthus
Species:
R. crispa
Binomial name
Radianthus crispa
(Hemprich and Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)
Synonyms
List
  • Actinia crispa Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834
  • Actinia paumotensis Couthouy in Dana, 1846
  • Antheopsis crispa (Ehrenberg, 1834)
  • Antheopsis kuekenthali Kwietniewski
  • Antheopsis macrodactylus Haddon & Shackleton
  • Bunodes crispa (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)
  • Bunodes crispus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)
  • Cereus crispus
  • Cereus paumotensis
  • Discosoma macrodactylum Haddon & Shackleton, 1893
  • Discosoma tuberculata Kwietniewski, 1898
  • Discosomoides tuberculata
  • Entacmaea crispa Hemprich & Ehrenberg
  • Heliactis paumotensis Dana
  • Heteractis crispa (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)
  • Heteractis macrodactylum (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893)
  • Radianthus crispus (Ehrenberg, 1834)
  • Radianthus kuekenthali Kwietniewski, 1896
  • Radianthus kükenthali Kwietniewski, 1896
  • Radianthus lobatus Kwietniewski, 1898
  • Radianthus macrodactylus (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893
  • Stoichactis tuberculata Kwietniewski

The sebae anemone (Radianthus crispa), also known as leathery sea anemone, long tentacle anemone, or purple tip anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Stichodactylidae and native to the Indo-Pacific.

It was first described in 1834 by Wilhelm Hemprich and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg as Actinia crispa.