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title: "Mediterranean Beadlet Anemone"
description: "Actinia mediterranea — Other animals. Actinia mediterranea is a common sea anemone found on rocky shores all along its range in the Mediterranean Sea, Portuguese shores and the coast of north western Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/mediterranean-beadlet-anemone
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mediterranean Beadlet Anemone

> Actinia mediterranea — Other animals. Actinia mediterranea is a common sea anemone found on rocky shores all along its range in the Mediterranean Sea, Portuguese shores and the coast of north western Africa.

- Scientific name: *Actinia mediterranea*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 4150
- Wikidata: [Q61655554](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61655554)
- iNaturalist taxon: [627669](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/627669)

## Names

- en: Mediterranean Beadlet Anemone
- de: Mittelmeer-Purpurrose
- fr: Actinie de Méditerranée

## Countries with the most observations

ES (860), HR (675), IT (569), FR (478), GR (417), TR (95), MA (80), IL (56), ME (31), SI (25), CY (22), MT (19)

## Summary

Actinia mediterranea is a common sea anemone found on rocky shores all along its range in the Mediterranean Sea, Portuguese shores and the coast of north western Africa.
Because of its strong resemblance with Actinia equina, they are often confused and share certain common names as Beadlet anemone.

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

## Photo

![Mediterranean Beadlet Anemone](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mediterranean-beadlet-anemone/medium.jpg)

Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/69339356

## Machine access

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