Species

Epiactis prolifera (Brooding anemone)

Epiactis prolifera. Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Epiactis prolifera, the brooding, proliferating or small green anemone, is a species of marine invertebrate in the family Actiniidae. It is found in the north-eastern Pacific. It has a feature rare among animals in that all individuals start life as females but develop testes later in their lives to become hermaphrodites.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Cnidaria (Cnidarians)
    - Class: Anthozoa (Sea anemones and corals)
      - Subclass: Hexacorallia (Hexacorallians)
        Order: Actiniaria (Sea anemones)
        Suborder: Enthemonae
        Superfamily: Actinioidea
        Family: Actiniidae (Actiniid sea anemones)
        Genus: Epiactis
        Species: Epiactis prolifera (Brooding anemone)

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