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title: "Zeedahlia"
description: "Urticina felina — Andere dieren. The dahlia anemone (Urticina felina) is a sea anemone found in the north Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/dahlia-anemone
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zeedahlia

> Urticina felina — Andere dieren. The dahlia anemone (Urticina felina) is a sea anemone found in the north Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.

- Scientific name: *Urticina felina*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1574
- Wikidata: [Q651478](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q651478)
- iNaturalist taxon: [122035](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/122035)

## Names

- en: Dahlia Anemone
- de: Seedahlie
- fr: Dahlia de mer
- nl: Zeedahlia
- pl: Ukwiał tęgoczułki

## Countries with the most observations

GB (674), FR (175), DE (89), IE (79), NL (66), JE (61), NO (29), SE (28), DK (10), IM (3)

## Summary

The dahlia anemone (Urticina felina) is a sea anemone found in the north Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. Its colour is variable, from deep red to brown or purplish, with green spots and darker tentacles. Dahlia anemones live attached to rock on the seabed from the lower tidal limit down to a depth of 100 m and also attached to other organisms. Their diet comprises small fish and crustaceans, which they immobilize by firing groups of stinging cells (cnidae) into them. Dahlia anemones are closely related to mottled anemones, and both species are usually referred to as northern red anemones.

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

## Photo

![Zeedahlia](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dahlia-anemone/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andra Waagmeester · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314764995

## Machine access

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