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| sea anemones text index | photo index |
| Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Order Actiniaria |
| Large
sea anemones with short tentacles How to tell them apart? updated Mar 11 |
| These large sea
anemones (diameter 20cm or more) with short tentacles may look similar
at first glance. Here's how to tell them apart. |
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| Commonly seen. | Commonly seen. | Not commonly seen. |
| Usually in sandy areas and among seagrasses. | Usually in coral rubble areas. | Usually on reefs, often at depth. |
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| Does not have visible verrucae on the column. | Small visible verrucae in rows near the top of the body column. | Has magenta or orange verrucae on the tan or white column. |
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| Tentacles are sticky. | Tentacles are very sticky. | Tentacles not sticky. |
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Tentacles
are short and stubby
and appear to have bulbous tips. |
Tentacle
are evenly tapered to a pointed tip
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Tentacles
may be short and stubby or long and thin.
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On
the outer edge of the oral disk is 'fringed' with tentacles that
are twice as long (exocoelic tentacles), alternating with short
ones (endocoelic tentacles).
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No
fringe of alternating long-short tentacles on the edge of the oral
disk.
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No
fringe of alternating long-short tentacles on the edge of the oral
disk.
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how to tell apart
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