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Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Zoantharia/Hexacorallia > Order Actiniaria
Striped bead anemone
awaiting identification*
updated Oct 08
Where seen? This small sea anemone is commonly seen especially on our Northern shores. Even relatively "beat up" shores with few other lifeforms will have these sea anemones. It is often found in small clusters of a few individuals. It settles wedged in crevices on rocks, on hard surfaces such as jetty pilings, boulders, rocks, and on small stones on the shores. When exposed at low tide, it tucks its tentacles into its body and looks like a blob.

Features: Diameter with tentacles 2-3cm. It has about 40 semi-transparent tentacles that taper to a pointed tip.

Pasir Ris Park, Jun 08
On the upper side of the tentacles, there is a pattern of white bars across a pair of dark parallel lines that run the length of each tentacle. The oral disk may be plain or have a pattern of stripes radiating out from the mouth.

It is larger than the banded bead anemone, and found in clusters of fewer individuals.
Striped bead anemones on Singapore shores

Pasir Ris Park, Jun 08

Sembawang, Aug 04

Changi, Apr 04

East Coast, Nov 08

Chek Jawa, Feb 02

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Nov 03

more photos of striped bead anemones on Singapore shores
part 1 | part 2

*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
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