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Pizza anemone

Cryptodendrum adhaesivum (Klunzinger, 1877)

Status not recordedjellyfish and corals

The pizza anemone (Cryptodendrum adhaesivum) is a species in the family Thalassianthidae, order Actiniaria.

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Quick facts about the pizza 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 pizza anemone live?

Not recorded

Is the pizza 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 pizza anemone classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumCnidaria
  3. classAnthozoa
  4. orderActiniaria
  5. familyThalassianthidae
  6. genusCryptodendrum
  7. SpeciesCryptodendrum adhaesivum (Klunzinger, 1877)

Synonyms Cryptodendron adhaesivium, Cryptodendron adhaesivum, Cryptodendrum adhesivum, Stoichactis digitata

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Adhesive anemoneEnglish
  • Adhesive sea anemoneEnglish
  • Nap-edged anemoneEnglish
  • Pizza-AnemoneGerman
  • Anémone adhésiveFrench
  • Anêmona-carpete-adesivaPortuguese
  • Noppenrand-AnemoneGerman
  • Noppenrand-MeerblumeGerman
  • NoppenrandanemoneGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pizza anemone

Other species in the same family Thalassianthidae.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the pizza anemone?

The pizza anemone (Cryptodendrum adhaesivum) belongs to the family Thalassianthidae in the order Actiniaria.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pizza anemone (Cryptodendrum adhaesivum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pizza-anemone

MLA

“Pizza anemone (Cryptodendrum adhaesivum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pizza-anemone.

BibTeX
@misc{pizza_anemone_2026,
  title = {Pizza anemone (Cryptodendrum adhaesivum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pizza-anemone},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}