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Starlet sea anemone
| Starlet sea anemone | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Actiniaria |
| Family: | Edwardsiidae |
| Genus: | Nematostella |
| Species: | N. vectensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Nematostella vectensis Stephenson, 1935[2]
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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).[3] 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.[4]
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Nematostella vectensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T14500A4440023. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14500A4440023.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b Fautin, Daphne (2013). "Nematostella vectensis Stephenson, 1935". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ^ "Nematostella Vectensis - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Nematostella vectensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T14500A4440023. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14500A4440023.en.
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