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Spear anemone

Peachia hastata Gosse, 1855

Status not recordedjellyfish and corals

The spear anemone (Peachia hastata) is a species in the family Peachiidae, order Actiniaria.

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Quick facts about the spear 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 spear anemone live?

Not recorded

Is the spear 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 spear anemone classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumCnidaria
  3. classAnthozoa
  4. orderActiniaria
  5. familyPeachiidae
  6. genusPeachia
  7. SpeciesPeachia hastata Gosse, 1855

Synonyms Halcampa cylindrica, Halcampa fultoni, Peachia böcki, Peachia boeckii, Peachia boekii, Peachia hastata triphylla, Peachia tricapitata, Peachia triphylla, Peachia triphyllia, Peachia undata, Peachya triphylla, Philomedusa fultonii, Siphonactinia beckii, Siphonactinia boecki, Siphonactinia boeckii, Siphonactinia boekii, Siphonactinia hastata, Siphonactinia tricapitata, Siphonactinia triphylla, Siphonactinia undata

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • SpeeranemoneGerman
  • spjutanemonSwedish
  • Speer-AnemoneGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the spear anemone

Other species in the same genus Peachia.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the spear anemone?

The spear anemone (Peachia hastata) belongs to the family Peachiidae in the order Actiniaria.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Spear anemone (Peachia hastata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/spear-anemone

MLA

“Spear anemone (Peachia hastata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/spear-anemone.

BibTeX
@misc{spear_anemone_2026,
  title = {Spear anemone (Peachia hastata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/spear-anemone},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}