New Zealand Striped Anemone

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 26 records
February: 26 records
March: 25 records
April: 52 records
May: 21 records
June: 15 records
July: 13 records
August: 33 records
September: 40 records
October: 64 records
November: 26 records
December: 48 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–1 m · Deepest record: 1.5 m

0–10 m: 11 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 11–18 °C

10–12 °C: 4 records
12–14 °C: 8 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 16 records

Photos

(c) Stephen Thorpe, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Stephen Thorpe · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) wild_wind, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tony Wills, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Tony Wills, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: New Zealand Striped Anemone, Striped Anemone

Other scientific names: Diadumene neozeelandica, Diadumene neozelandica, Diadumene novaezelandicus

Similar species

Green-striped anemone
Diadumene lineata
San Francisco anemone
Diadumene franciscana
Ghost anemone
Diadumene leucolena
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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
166 open-data records from 1954 to 2019.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.