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title: "Painted Anemone"
description: "Urticina grebelnyi — Weitere Tiere. Urticina grebelnyi, commonly known as the painted anemone or Christmas anemone, is a large, colorful sea anemone found from Alaska to Southern California, at depths of 0 to 30 meters, often in high-current rocky habitats."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/painted-anemone
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Painted Anemone

> Urticina grebelnyi — Weitere Tiere. Urticina grebelnyi, commonly known as the painted anemone or Christmas anemone, is a large, colorful sea anemone found from Alaska to Southern California, at depths of 0 to 30 meters, often in high-current rocky habitats.

- Scientific name: *Urticina grebelnyi*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 9495
- Wikidata: [Q2026934](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2026934)
- iNaturalist taxon: [492672](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/492672)

## Names

- en: Painted Anemone

## Countries with the most observations

US (5929), CA (2733)

## Summary

Urticina grebelnyi, commonly known as the painted anemone or Christmas anemone, is a large, colorful sea anemone found from Alaska to Southern California, at depths of 0 to 30 meters, often in high-current rocky habitats. They can live up to 80 years.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Ellyne Geurts · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/118126832

## Machine access

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