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title: "Wandering Sea Anemone"
description: "Phlyctenactis tuberculosa — Other animals. Phlyctenactis tuberculosa, commonly known as the wandering sea anemone or swimming anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Actiniidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/wandering-sea-anemone
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Wandering Sea Anemone

> Phlyctenactis tuberculosa — Other animals. Phlyctenactis tuberculosa, commonly known as the wandering sea anemone or swimming anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Actiniidae.

- Scientific name: *Phlyctenactis tuberculosa*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 1921
- Wikidata: [Q3331671](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3331671)
- iNaturalist taxon: [344569](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/344569)

## Names

- en: Wandering Sea Anemone

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1116), NZ (743)

## Summary

Phlyctenactis tuberculosa, commonly known as the wandering sea anemone or swimming anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Actiniidae. It is native to shallow seas around Australia and New Zealand. It was first described by the French zoologist Jean René Constant Quoy and the French naturalist Joseph Paul Gaimard. They were naval surgeons in the French Navy who amassed sizable collections of various organisms while traveling.

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

## Photo

![Wandering Sea Anemone](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/wandering-sea-anemone/medium.jpg)

Photo: mikoikoi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/371913814

## Machine access

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