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title: "Giant Green Anemone"
description: "Anthopleura xanthogrammica — Other animals. Anthopleura xanthogrammica, or the giant green anemone, is a species of intertidal sea anemone of the family Actiniidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/giant-green-anemone
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Giant Green Anemone

> Anthopleura xanthogrammica — Other animals. Anthopleura xanthogrammica, or the giant green anemone, is a species of intertidal sea anemone of the family Actiniidae.

- Scientific name: *Anthopleura xanthogrammica*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 28347
- Wikidata: [Q1551988](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1551988)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51659](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51659)

## Names

- en: Giant Green Anemone
- de: Grüne Riesenanemone
- es: Anémona Verde Gigante

## Countries with the most observations

US (23108), CA (4457), MX (67)

## Summary

Anthopleura xanthogrammica, or the giant green anemone, is a species of intertidal sea anemone of the family Actiniidae.
Other common names for this anemone include green surf anemone, giant green sea anemone,  green anemone, giant tidepool anemone, anemone, and rough anemone.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthopleura_xanthogrammica

## Photo

![Giant Green Anemone](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/giant-green-anemone/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/284441389

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/giant-green-anemone?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).