{{Short description|Genus of sea anemones}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = 117074 octineon-suecicum.jpg | image_caption = ''Octineon suecicum'' | display_parents = 2 | parent_authority = Fowler, 1894 | taxon = Octineon | authority = Moseley in Fowler, 1894 }}
'''''Octineon''''' is the sole genus of sea anemones in the monotypic family '''Octineonidae'''.<ref>{{cite WoRMS |year=2010 |title=''Octineon'' Fowler, 1894 |id=100771 |access-date=January 20, 2012}}</ref>
== Distribution == There are few records of this organism, but it has been reported living within the North Pacific waters, and is thought to have a much wider distribution than that.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Sanamyan|first=N.P.|date=2018|title=First record of two genera of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria), Octineon and Edwardsiella, from the North Pacific Ocean |journal=Invertebrate Zoology|volume=15|pages=1–18|doi=10.15298/invertzool.15.1.01 |doi-access=free}}</ref> It is difficult to identify due to the fact that it's usually flat against bedrock on the sea floor.<ref name=":0" />
==Species== The genus contains the following species:
* ''Octineon chilense'' <small>Carlgren, 1959</small> * ''Octineon lindahli'' <small>(Carpenter in Carpenter & Jeffreys, 1871)</small> * ''Octineon suecicum'' <small>Carlgren, 1940</small>
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Category:Octineonidae Category:Hexacorallia genera
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