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

# Plumose Anemone

> Metridium senile — Other animals. Metridium senile, the Plumose, Fluffy, or Frilled anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Metridiidae.

- Scientific name: *Metridium senile*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 8567
- Wikidata: [Q935234](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q935234)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49071](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49071)

## Names

- en: Plumose Anemone
- de: Seenelke
- es: Anémona plumosa
- fr: Anémone plumeuse
- nl: Zeeanjelier

## Countries with the most observations

US (2247), CA (1304), GB (278), NL (199), AR (178), NO (122), FR (55), DK (54), SE (52), IE (37), CL (36), DE (34)

## Summary

Metridium senile, the Plumose, Fluffy, or Frilled anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Metridiidae. As a member of the genus Metridium, it is a type of plumose anemone and is found in the seas off north-western Europe and both the east and west coasts of North America.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Schyler Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/83277886

## Machine access

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