> [!summary]- Classification
**Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md)
**Phylum**:: [Cnidaria](Cnidaria.md)
**Subphylum**:: [Anthozoa](Anthozoa.md)
**Superclass**::
**Class**:: [Hexacorallia](Hexacorallia.md)
**Subclass**::
**Superorder**::
**Order**:: Actinaria
**Suborder**:: Enthemonae
**Superfamily**::
**Family**:: Actiniidae
**Subfamily**::
**Genus**:: Anemonia
**Species**:: A. viridis
**Vernacular**:: Snakelocks anemone
## Photos
*[117 - 2023-04-29 - Le Gibus - Saint Cyr - France](117%20-%202023-04-29%20-%20Le%20Gibus%20-%20Saint%20Cyr%20-%20France.md) - Upside down!*
*[137 - 2023-07-30 - Pointe de Seneyrolles - La Ciotat - France](137%20-%202023-07-30%20-%20Pointe%20de%20Seneyrolles%20-%20La%20Ciotat%20-%20France.md) - Commonly grounded like this.*
*[137 - 2023-07-30 - Pointe de Seneyrolles - La Ciotat - France](137%20-%202023-07-30%20-%20Pointe%20de%20Seneyrolles%20-%20La%20Ciotat%20-%20France.md) - Closer on the tentacles with the pink tip.*
## Notes
A common anemone where I live, in the French mediterranean side. Commonly associated with [Leptomysis mediterranea - Mysid](Leptomysis%20mediterranea%20-%20Mysid.md), the sea spider Inachus phalangium, and the a Gobiidae with stripes (but not the striped gobius).
## References
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Anemonia-viridis-Anemone-de-mer-verte-111
- [Découvrir la vie sous-marine - Méditerranée - Steven Weinberg](Découvrir%20la%20vie%20sous-marine%20-%20Méditerranée%20-%20Steven%20Weinberg.md) p171