Urticina felina Dahlia anemone

Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761)

Its colour is variable, from deep red to brown or purplish, with green spots and darker tentacles. Dahlia anemones live attached to rock on the seabed from the lower tidal limit down to a depth of 100 m and also attached to other organisms. Their diet comprises small fish and crustaceans.

Synonymised names:
Actinea coriacea · unaccepted
Actinea crassicornis · unaccepted
Actinia (Isacmaea) papillosa Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted
Actinia (Urticina) crassicornis Fabr. · unaccepted
Actinia felina (Linnaeus, 1761) · unaccepted
Actinia gemmacea · unaccepted
Actinia halsatica · unaccepted
Actinia holsatica Müller, 1806 · unaccepted
Bolocera eques Gosse, 1860 · unaccepted
Bunodes coriacea · unaccepted
Bunodes crassicornis · unaccepted
Cereus coriaceus · unaccepted
Cereus papillosus · unaccepted
Cribrina (Tristemma) coriacea Ehrenberg · unaccepted
Cribrina (Tristemma) papillosa Ehrenberg · unaccepted
Cribrina coriacea Ehrenberg · unaccepted
Priapus felinus Linnaeus, 1761 · unaccepted
Rhodactinia daevisii Agassiz, 1847 · unaccepted
Rhodactinia davisii Agassiz · unaccepted
Tealia (Urticina) felina (Linnaeus, 1761) · unaccepted
Tealia felina (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Tealia felina var. coriacea (Cuvier) · unaccepted
Tealia greenei Wright, 1859 · unaccepted
Tealia greenii Wright, 1859 · unaccepted
Urticina (Tealia) felina (Linnaeus, 1761) · unaccepted
Urticina davisii (Agass.) · unaccepted
Urticina felina var. coriacea · unaccepted

Direct children (4)
Variety Urticina felina var. coriacea accepted as Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761)
Variety Urticina felina var. kurila (Averincev, 1967) accepted as Urticina crassicornis (Müller, 1776)
Variety Urticina felina var. lofotensis accepted as Urticina lofotensis (Danielssen, 1890) accepted as Urticina eques (Gosse, 1858)
Variety Urticina felina var. tuberculata (Cocks, 1851) accepted as Urticina tuberculata (Cocks, 1851)