Metridioidea

{{Short description|Superfamily of sea anemones}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Sea Loch Anemone.jpg | image_alt = "Protanthea simplex", Sound of Mull, Scotland | image_caption = ''Protanthea simplex'', Sound of Mull, Scotland | taxon = Metridioidea | authority = Carlgren, 1893 | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = See text }}

'''Metridioidea''' is a superfamily of sea anemones in the order Actiniaria. Members of this clade live in shallow subtropical waters worldwide.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Grajales |first1=Alejandro |last2=Rodríguez |first2=Estefanía |date=2016-01-01 |title=Elucidating the evolutionary relationships of the Aiptasiidae, a widespread cnidarian–dinoflagellate model system (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria: Metridioidea) |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790315002626 |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=94 |issue=Pt A |pages=252–263 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2015.09.004 |pmid=26375331 |bibcode=2016MolPE..94..252G |issn=1055-7903|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

== List of families == Families in the superfamily Metridioidea include:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=854224|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Metridioidea Carlgren, 1893|website=marinespecies.org|language=en|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>

{{Div col}} * Family Acontiophoridae * Family Acricoactinidae * Family Actinoscyphiidae * Family Aiptasiidae * Family Aiptasiomorphidae * Family Aliciidae * Family Amphianthidae * Family Andvakiidae * Family Antipodactinidae * Family Bathyphelliidae * Family Boloceroididae * Family Diadumenidae * Family Gonactiniidae * Family Halcampidae * Family Haliactinidae * Family Hormathiidae * Family Isanthidae * Family Kadosactinidae * Family Metridiidae * Family Nemanthidae * Family Nevadneidae * Family Octineonidae * Family Ostiactinidae * Family Phelliidae * Family Sagartiidae * Family Sagartiomorphidae * Family Spongiactinidae {{Div col end}}

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Category:Metridioidea Category:Enthemonae Category:Animal superfamilies