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title: "Jewel Anemone"
description: "Corynactis viridis — Inne zwierzęta. Corynactis viridis, the jewel anemone, is a brightly coloured anthozoan similar in body form to a sea anemone or a scleractinian coral polyp, but in the order Corallimorpharia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/jewel-anemone
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Jewel Anemone

> Corynactis viridis — Inne zwierzęta. Corynactis viridis, the jewel anemone, is a brightly coloured anthozoan similar in body form to a sea anemone or a scleractinian coral polyp, but in the order Corallimorpharia.

- Scientific name: *Corynactis viridis*
- Category: `other` (Inne zwierzęta)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 1075
- Wikidata: [Q2857917](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2857917)
- iNaturalist taxon: [337998](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/337998)

## Names

- en: Jewel Anemone
- de: Juwelenanemone
- fr: Anémone-bijou
- nl: Juweelanemoon

## Countries with the most observations

FR (278), PT (150), GB (141), ES (133), IE (61), JE (24), GR (11), MC (3)

## Summary

Corynactis viridis, the jewel anemone, is a brightly coloured anthozoan similar in body form to a sea anemone or a scleractinian coral polyp, but in the order Corallimorpharia. It is found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea and was first described by the Irish naturalist George Allman in 1846.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Jérémy Capelle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/397070547

## Machine access

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