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title: "Giant carpet anemone"
description: "Stichodactyla gigantea — Outros animais. Stichodactyla gigantea, commonly known as the giant carpet anemone, is a species of sea anemone that lives in the Hawaii, USA, North America, and Indo-Pacific area."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/giant-carpet-anemone
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Giant carpet anemone

> Stichodactyla gigantea — Outros animais. Stichodactyla gigantea, commonly known as the giant carpet anemone, is a species of sea anemone that lives in the Hawaii, USA, North America, and Indo-Pacific area.

- Scientific name: *Stichodactyla gigantea*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 932
- Wikidata: [Q555879](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q555879)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51239](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51239)

## Names

- en: Giant carpet anemone
- de: Riesenanemone

## Countries with the most observations

SG (237), NC (69), PH (33), ID (24), TW (18), FM (14), AU (13), IN (9), TH (8), JP (5), MY (5), SB (5)

## Summary

Stichodactyla gigantea, commonly known as the giant carpet anemone, is a species of sea anemone that lives in the Hawaii, USA, North America, and Indo-Pacific area.  It can be kept in an aquarium but is a very challenging species to keep alive and healthy for more than 3–5 years.

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

## Photo

![Giant carpet anemone](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/giant-carpet-anemone/medium.jpg)

Photo: Golam Rabbani · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141158377

## Machine access

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