Bunodosoma cavernatum, commonly known as the warty sea anemone or the American warty anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Actiniidae. It occurs in the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. It was first described in 1802 by the French naturalist Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, one of fourteen marine invertebrates described and named by him.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Warty Sea Anemone being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Bunodosoma cangicum
- Anthopleura anjunae
- Anthopleura biscayensis
- Anthopleura fuscoviridis
- Anthopleura dowii
- Anthopleura dixoniana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Actiniaria
- Family
- Actiniidae
- Genus
- Bunodosoma
- Species
- Bunodosoma cavernatum
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