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title: "Giant Plumose Anemone"
description: "Metridium farcimen — Other animals. Metridium farcimen is a species of sea anemone in the family Metridiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/giant-plumose-anemone
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Giant Plumose Anemone

> Metridium farcimen — Other animals. Metridium farcimen is a species of sea anemone in the family Metridiidae.

- Scientific name: *Metridium farcimen*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 3054
- Wikidata: [Q2300011](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2300011)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51812](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51812)

## Names

- en: Giant Plumose Anemone

## Countries with the most observations

US (1127), CA (834)

## Summary

Metridium farcimen is a species of sea anemone in the family Metridiidae. It is commonly known as the giant plumose anemone or white-plumed anemone. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Alaska down to Catalina Island, California.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Joshua Morris · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19972763

## Machine access

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