Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Anthopleura mariscali
anemona, Sea anemone
A small anemone approximately 7 mm long, typically cylindrical, with an orange pedal disc, darkening distally and ringed with large adhesive verrucae.
Found on firm substrates in high to mid-intertidal zones, especially in cracks between rocks.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Actiniaria
Suborder
Nyantheae
Superfamily
Endomyaria
Family
Actiniidae
Genus
Anthopleura
Species
mariscali
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Endemic to Galapagos, and found primarily in the central Bioregion.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Fautin, D.G. Hickman, C.P., Jr., Daly, M. & Molodtsova, T. (2007) Shallow-water sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) and tube anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Ceriantharia) of the Galápagos Islands. Pacific Science 61(4): 549-573.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. (2008) A field guide to corals and other radiates of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 162 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Anthopleura mariscali", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7873. Accessed 15 June 2026.