Heterodactyla hemprichii

Heterodactyla hemprichii is a species of sea anemone in the family Thalassianthidae, and was first formally described in 1834 by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg.^[2][3]

Heterodactyla hemprichii
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Anthozoa
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Actiniaria
Family:	Thalassianthidae
Genus:	Heterodactyla
Species:	H. hemprichii
Binomial name
Heterodactyla hemprichii Ehrenberg, 1834
Synonyms
Heterodactyla hemprichi Ehrenberg, 1834 Thalassianthus hemprichi (Ehrenberg, 1834) Thalassianthus hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834)

This sea anemone does not host any varieties of clownfish, but has been associated with some species of commensal anemone shrimp.^[4] This is a medium to large species of anemone characterized by "bunches of grape-like nematospheres," radially arranged, and densest on the outermost edges of its oral disc.^[4]