Heterodactyla

Heterodactyla is a genus of sea anemones of the family Thalassianthidae.^[1] The genus was first described in 1834 by Wilhelm Hemprich and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg.^[1][2]

Heterodactyla
Heterodactyla hemprichii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Anthozoa
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Actiniaria
Family:	Thalassianthidae
Genus:	Heterodactyla Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834

Species

The following species are recognized:^[1]

• Heterodactyla hemprichii
• Heterodactyla hypnoides