Olive Anemone

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 94 records
February: 52 records
March: 59 records
April: 87 records
May: 86 records
June: 33 records
July: 49 records
August: 45 records
September: 43 records
October: 70 records
November: 59 records
December: 67 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

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

0–10 m: 8 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 12–18 °C

10–12 °C: 2 records
12–14 °C: 4 records
14–16 °C: 2 records
16–18 °C: 7 records

Photos

(c) Tony Wills, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Wills · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) wild_wind, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by wild_wind · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Lisa Bennett · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jacqui Geux, 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

Names and classification

English: Olive Anemone

Other scientific names: Anemonia olivacea, Anthea olivacea, Gyrostoma olivacea, Isactinia olivacae

Similar species

Isactinia citrina
Isactinia carlgreni
Beadlet anemone
Actinia equina
Opelet anemone
Anemonia viridis
Aggregating anemone
Anthopleura elegantissima
Red Waratah Anemone
Actinia tenebrosa

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).
302 open-data records from 1968 to 2001.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.