Heterodactyla hemprichii

{{Short description|Species of sea anemone}}

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| image = Heterodactyla hemprichii.jpg

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref =IUCN 2017. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.1.

| taxon = Heterodactyla hemprichii

| authority = Ehrenberg, 1834

| synonyms = * Heterodactyla hemprichi Ehrenberg, 1834

• Thalassianthus hemprichi (Ehrenberg, 1834)
• Thalassianthus hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834)

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Heterodactyla hemprichii is a species of sea anemone in the family Thalassianthidae, and was first formally described in 1834 by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg.{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Heterodactyla hemprichii Ehrenberg, 1834 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220513 |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=www.marinespecies.org |language=en}}{{Cite Q|Q115748229}}

This sea anemone does not host any varieties of clownfish, but has been associated with some species of commensal anemone shrimp.Tree of Life. (2000). Heterodactyla. http://tolweb.org/Thalassianthidae/18326 This is a medium to large species of anemone characterized by "bunches of grape-like nematospheres," radially arranged, and densest on the outermost edges of its oral disc.