Green-striped anemone

About this species

Diadumene lineata, the orange-striped green sea anemone, has several morphotypes which have been described multiple times.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 128 records
February: 152 records
March: 139 records
April: 338 records
May: 399 records
June: 388 records
July: 503 records
August: 335 records
September: 259 records
October: 240 records
November: 166 records
December: 99 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–34 m · Deepest record: 287 m

0–10 m: 60 records
10–20 m: 7 records
20–30 m: 16 records
30–40 m: 14 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 8–29 °C

8–10 °C: 7 records
10–12 °C: 45 records
12–14 °C: 51 records
14–16 °C: 14 records
16–18 °C: 13 records
18–20 °C: 134 records
20–22 °C: 5 records
22–24 °C: 52 records
24–26 °C: 24 records
26–28 °C: 1 records
28–30 °C: 3 records

Photos

(c) Maria, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Sinéad Tuttle-Lerner, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Stephen Thorpe, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kelvin Perrie, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Cheng-Tao Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Green-striped anemone, Orange-striped anemone, Orangestriped green anemone, Orange-striped green anemone, Striped sea anemone, green anemone, green-striped anemone, Green-striped Anemone, Lined Anemone, orange-striped anemone, Orange-striped Anemone, orange-striped green anemone, orangestriped green anemone, Orange-striped Green Anemone, Orangestriped Green Anemone, striped anemone, Striped Green Sea Anemone, striped sea anemone, Striped Sea Anemone

Names in 5 more languages

German: Hafenrose, Japanische Seeanemone, Strandrose, Streifenanemone
French: Anémone asiatique lignée, anémone de mer, Anémone de mer
Japanese: タテジマイソギンチャク
Korean: 담황줄말미잘
Simplified Chinese: 縱條磯海葵

Other scientific names: Aiptasiomorpha (Diadumene) luciae, Aiptasiomorpha luciae, Diadumene luciae, Haliphlanella luciae, Haliplanela luciae, Haliplanella liciae, Haliplanella lineata, Haliplanella lucia, Haliplanella luciae, Haliplannella luciae, Sagartia davisi, Sagartia lineata, Sagartia luciae

Similar species

San Francisco anemone
Diadumene franciscana
Ghost anemone
Diadumene leucolena
New Zealand Striped Anemone
Diadumene neozelanica
Diadumene schilleriana

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,861 open-data records from 1899 to 2025.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.