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MLI Collection specimen Capture: 1950-08-13 Hudson Strait, Canadian Arctic Catalogued as Tealia felina
Picture taken in Western Head (43°59’30.14”N 64°39’37.85”W), Nova Scotia, Canada on 22 August 2017.
Distribution for Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - Arctic Ocean
Distribution for Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - North Sea
Distribution for Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - Oostende
Distribution for Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - Westerschelde
Distribution for Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - Birkenfels (shipwreck)
Distribution for Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - North West Atlantic
Distribution for Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - Oosterschelde
Distribution for Tealia felina (Linnaeus, 1767) - Southern Bight
Distribution for Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - Wadden Sea
Distribution for Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - Wimereux
Distribution for Urticina felina crassicornis O.F. Muller, 1776 - Svalbard
Distribution for Urticina felina var. coriacea - Faroe Islands
Distribution for Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Tealia felina (Linnaeus, 1767) - Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Actinia holsatica Müller, 1806 - German Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Urticina felina var. coriacea - Danish Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Tealia felina (Linnaeus, 1767) - French Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Urticina felina crassicornis O.F. Muller, 1776 - Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Tealia (Urticina) felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Urticina felina var. coriacea - Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - Irish Exclusive economic Zone
Distribution for Tealia greenii Wright, 1859 - Irish Exclusive economic Zone
Distribution for Cribrina coriacea Ehrenberg - Italian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Urticina felina crassicornis O.F. Muller, 1776 - Russian Exclusive economic Zone
Distribution for Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Urticina felina var. coriacea - Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Tealia felina (Linnaeus, 1767) - United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Bolocera eques Gosse, 1860 - United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Actinia gemmacea - United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Actinea coriacea - United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Actinea crassicornis - United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - Danish Exclusive Economic Zone (Greenland)
Distribution for Urticina felina crassicornis O.F. Muller, 1776 - Danish Exclusive Economic Zone (Greenland)
Distribution for Urticina davisii (Agass.) - Danish Exclusive Economic Zone (Greenland)
Distribution for Tealia felina (Linnaeus, 1767) - United States Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - United States Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Urticina felina crassicornis O.F. Muller, 1776 - United States Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Rhodactinia davisii Agassiz - United States Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Tealia felina (Linnaeus, 1767) - Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Urticina felina crassicornis O.F. Muller, 1776 - Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Rhodactinia davisii Agassiz - Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Tealia felina (Linnaeus, 1767) - Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Arctic part]
Distribution for Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Arctic part]
Distribution for Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part]
Distribution for Urticina felina crassicornis O.F. Muller, 1776 - Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Actinia (Isacmaea) papillosa Ehrenberg, 1834 - Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Urticina felina var. coriacea - Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Tealia felina (Linnaeus, 1767) - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - Gulf of Maine
Distribution for Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - Manicouagan
Distribution for Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761) - St. Lawrence Estuary
Distribution for Urticina felina crassicornis O.F. Muller, 1776 - Jan Mayen Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Cribrina coriacea Ehrenberg - High Seas