Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Anthopleura nigrescens
anemona, Sea anemone
A small anemone, with a dark cylindrical column bearing longitudinal rows of light-colored, adhesive verrucae.
Common throughout the intertidal zone, found attached to rocks.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Actiniaria
Suborder
Nyantheae
Superfamily
Endomyaria
Family
Actiniidae
Genus
Anthopleura
Species
nigrescens
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Anthopleura pacifica Uchida, 1938
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Found in north-central Indian Ocean, south-east Asia, Japan, east Pacific, Hawaii, and in the central and northern Bioregions of Galapagos.
- 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 nigrescens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7874. Accessed 9 June 2026.