Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Ivell's sea anemone (Edwardsia ivelli), recorded as Critically Endangered
Ivell's sea anemone (Edwardsia ivelli). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Ivell's sea anemone

Edwardsia ivelli

Ivell's sea anemone is a coral in the family Edwardsiidae (order Actiniaria) — Edwardsia ivelli, recorded as Critically Endangered.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Edwardsia ivelli
Taxonomy
Anthozoa · Actiniaria · Edwardsiidae · Edwardsia

The coral

Ivell's sea anemone is a tiny, worm-like anemone up to 20 mm (0.79 in) long and 1.5 mm (0.059 in) diameter. The column is similar to other Edwardsia spp.

Range and habitat

Ivell's sea anenome lives in long burrows in very soft mud in a saline lagoons and associated creeks. It is endemic to England known from only one site, Widewater Lagoon in West Sussex, the type locality. It is endemic to a single location, Widewater Lagoon in West Sussex, England, where it was first discovered by Richard Ivell but has not been recorded since 1983.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

The colony stays where it settled. Water quality, light, and a stable bottom decide whether tissue remains on the skeleton.

In crisis

Ivell's sea anemone is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Ivell's sea anemone, Wikidata item Q2124204. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Ivell's sea anemone?
Ivell's sea anemone is a coral in the family Edwardsiidae (order Actiniaria) — Edwardsia ivelli.
What is the conservation status of Ivell's sea anemone?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Edwardsia ivelli. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Ivell's sea anemone live?
It is endemic to England known from only one site, Widewater Lagoon in West Sussex, the type locality.
Why is Ivell's sea anemone in crisis?
It is Critically Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Edwardsia ivelli?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Ivell's sea anemone a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.