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title: "Small Brown Sea Anemone"
description: "Anthopleura hermaphroditica — Altri animali. Anthopleura hermaphroditica, also known as the small brown sea anemone, is a small anemone about 10 mm wide in diameter and very brown in colour."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/small-brown-sea-anemone
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Small Brown Sea Anemone

> Anthopleura hermaphroditica — Altri animali. Anthopleura hermaphroditica, also known as the small brown sea anemone, is a small anemone about 10 mm wide in diameter and very brown in colour.

- Scientific name: *Anthopleura hermaphroditica*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1012
- iNaturalist taxon: [1066284](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1066284)

## Names

- en: Small Brown Sea Anemone

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (417), AU (77), CL (71), US (32)

## Summary

Anthopleura hermaphroditica, also known as the small brown sea anemone, is a small anemone about 10 mm wide in diameter and very brown in colour. It is native to the waters around Chile and New Zealand. The brownish tinge of its outer surface makes it much harder to distinguish and find unlike some of the other sea anemones. This particular class of anemone can be seen under water as a small brown ring in soft fine sediment and slightly submerged.
This brown anemone has quite a high tolerance to changes in salinity and to a high concentration of organic matter in the water.

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

## Photo

![Small Brown Sea Anemone](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/small-brown-sea-anemone/medium.jpg)

Photo: George Cox · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/303592461

## Machine access

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