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title: "Long-tentacled anemone"
description: "Anthopleura michaelseni — Altri animali. Anthopleura michaelseni, commonly known as the long-tentacled anemone or crevice anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Actiniidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/long-tentacled-anemone
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Long-tentacled anemone

> Anthopleura michaelseni — Altri animali. Anthopleura michaelseni, commonly known as the long-tentacled anemone or crevice anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Actiniidae.

- Scientific name: *Anthopleura michaelseni*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1548
- Wikidata: [Q2853006](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2853006)
- iNaturalist taxon: [650324](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/650324)

## Names

- en: Long-tentacled anemone

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1162), NA (4)

## Summary

Anthopleura michaelseni, commonly known as the long-tentacled anemone or crevice anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Actiniidae.  It is native to very shallow water round the coasts of southern Africa between Lüderitz and Durban.

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

## Photo

![Long-tentacled anemone](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-tentacled-anemone/medium.jpg)

Photo: flamelily · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61212003

## Machine access

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