ACTINARIA (12x12")

Hand-drawn illustration of anemones commonly found around the West coast of England, Northern British Isles and in Eastern Irish rockpools.

This biological identification plate presents 7 Actinaria (Aktis=ray (shape), -aria=suffix).

The British anemone represented in this illustration should be easy to seek out on a rock pooling expedition.

They are: the actinia equina (beadlet anemone), the actinia fragacea (strawberry anemone), the anemonia viridis (snakelocks anemone), the sagartia elegans (a sea anemone), urticina felina (dahlia anemone), the aulactinia verrucosa (gem anemone), cereus pedunculatus (daisy anemone) and the actinothoe sphyrodeta (sandalled anemone).

All anemones are listed with both their common names and scientific names.

The Actinaria print is part of the rockpool 4 print set which includes the Decapoda print, the Asterozoa print, and the Osteichthyes print.