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title: "Moonglow Anemone"
description: "Anthopleura artemisia — Otros animales. Anthopleura artemisia is a species of sea anemone."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/moonglow-anemone
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Moonglow Anemone

> Anthopleura artemisia — Otros animales. Anthopleura artemisia is a species of sea anemone.

- Scientific name: *Anthopleura artemisia*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 10115
- Wikidata: [Q1992100](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1992100)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51658](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51658)

## Names

- en: Moonglow Anemone

## Countries with the most observations

US (8305), CA (1547), MX (3)

## Summary

Anthopleura artemisia is a species of sea anemone.  It is known by a number of common names, including burrowing anemone and moonglow anemone.  It was first described to science in 1846 in a volume by James Dwight Dana, reporting on the animals found on the United States Exploring Expedition.  Dana attributes the description to Charles Pickering, who was a naturalist on the expedition.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Maya Heubner · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/275363446

## Machine access

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