Note:

Non molto comune, è rinvenibile esclusivamente nelle ore notturne

Tassonomia:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom: Radiata (rad-ee-AY-tuh) (Linnaeus, 1758) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - Radiates
Infrakingdom: Coelenterata Leuckart, 1847
Phylum: Cnidaria Hatschek, 1888 - Cnidarians
Subphylum: Anthozoa (Ehrenberg, 1831) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Corals, Flower Animals
Class: Anthozoa Ehrenberg, 1831 - Corals, Flower Animals
Subclass: Zoantharia
Order: Actiniaria - Sea Anemones
Family: Halcampoididae
Genus: Halcampoides
Specific name: purpurea (Studer, 1879)
Scientific name: Halcampoides purpurea (Studer, 1879)