Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Anthopleura dowii
anemona, Sea anemone
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Actiniaria
Suborder
Nyantheae
Superfamily
Endomyaria
Family
Actiniidae
Genus
Anthopleura
Species
dowii
Taxon category: Accepted
Synm.: Anthopleura dovii, Bunodactis mexicana Carlgren, 1951 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Anthopleura dowii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7871. Accessed 4 November 2026.