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First Record of Four Species of Sea Anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) For Lebanese Coast, Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Ali Badreddine1*, Ghazi Bitar1 and Nadya Sanamyan2

Four species of sea anemones of the order Actiniaria were reported for the first time along the Lebanese coast. Anthopleura ballii (Cocks, 1851), Aulactinia rubripunctata (Grube, 1840), Aulactinia verrucosa (Pennant, 1777), and Cereus pedunculatus (Pennant, 1777) were observed and photographed from the tidal pools of the vermetid reef of Saksakiyeh, south Lebanon. These species belong to three genera which have not been reported from this region before. Also, the family Sagartiidae is reported from Lebanese coast for the first time. This report discusses details of these new observations.