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Rose anemone

Entacmaea quadricolor (Leuckart in Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828)

Status not recordedjellyfish and corals

The rose anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) is a species in the family Actiniidae, order Actiniaria.

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Quick facts about the rose anemone

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the rose anemone live?

Not recorded

Is the rose anemone endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the rose anemone classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumCnidaria
  3. classAnthozoa
  4. orderActiniaria
  5. familyActiniidae
  6. genusEntacmaea
  7. SpeciesEntacmaea quadricolor (Leuckart in Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828)

Synonyms Actinia adhaerens, Actinia ehrenbergii, Actinia erythrosoma, Actinia helianthus, Actinia quadricolor, Actinia quatricolor, Actinia vas, Actinia vasa, Actinia vasum, Anemonia adhaerens, Anemonia adherens, Anemonia erythrosoma, Anemonia kwoiam, Anemonia ramsayi, Antheopsis carlgreni, Aulactinia gelam, Cereactis quadricolor, Condylactis erythrosoma, Condylactis ramsayi, Corynactis quadricolor, Corynactis vas, Crambactis arabica, Crambractis arabica, Cymbactis maxima, Entacmaea actinostoloides, Entacmaea adhaerens, Entacmaea quadricolor sol, Entacmaea quadricolour, Entacmaea ramsayi, Entacmea quadricolor, Gyrostoma adhaerens, Gyrostoma adherens, Gyrostoma erythrosoma, Gyrostoma erythrososma, Gyrostoma haddoni, Gyrostoma helianthus, Gyrostoma heliantus, Gyrostoma hertwigi, Gyrostoma kwoiam, Gyrostoma quadricolor, Gyrostoma ramsayi, Gyrostoma stuhlmanni, Gyrostoma sulcatum, Gysostoma hertwigi, Heteractis gelam, Isacmaea erythrosoma, Isactinia kwoiam, Melactis vas, Metactis vas, Paracicyonis maxima, Paractis adhaerens, Paractis ehrenbergii, Paractis erythrosoma, Paractis helianthus, Physobrachia douglasi, Physobrachia ramsayi, Psychobrachia douglasi, Radianthus carlgreni, Radianthus gelam, Ropalactis vas

Other names and names in other languages (26)
  • Bubble tip sea anemoneEnglish
  • Bubble-tip anemoneEnglish
  • Bulb tentacle sea anemoneEnglish
  • Bulb-tentacle sea anemoneEnglish
  • Bulb-tip anemoneEnglish
  • Four-colored anemoneEnglish
  • Giant red anemoneEnglish
  • Maroon anemoneEnglish
  • Rose bubble tip anemoneEnglish
  • BorrelanemoonAfrikaans
  • sasanka čtyřbarevnáCzech
  • BlasenanemoneGerman
  • KuplavuokkoFinnish
  • Anémone à bouts renflésFrench
  • hólyagos anemónaHungarian
  • anemone a bulbiItalian
  • サンゴイソギンチャクJapanese
  • 큰산호말미잘Korean
  • anêmona-bolhaPortuguese
  • 奶嘴海葵Chinese
  • KnubbelanemoneGerman
  • KupferanemoneGerman
  • Rote RiesenaktinieGerman
  • ウスカワイソギンチャクJapanese
  • タマイタダキイソギンチャクJapanese
  • 四色蓬錐海葵Chinese

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Relatives of the rose anemone

Other species in the same genus Entacmaea.

CompareRose anemone vs Entacmaea medusivora

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the rose anemone?

The rose anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) belongs to the family Actiniidae in the order Actiniaria.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Rose anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/entacmaea-quadricolor

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BibTeX
@misc{entacmaea_quadricolor_2026,
  title = {Rose anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/entacmaea-quadricolor},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}