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Glass
anemone
Dofleinia sp.
Family Actiniidae
updated
Nov 2019
Where
seen? This beautiful anemone resembles blown glass and is sometimes
seen on sand and near seagrasses on some of our shores.
Features: Diameter
with tentacles extended 20cm or more. The oral disk 5-8cm in diameter.
Tentacles not many. One ring of about 20 long tentacles (10-20cm),
another ring of about the same number of shorter tentacles (length
about the diameter of the oral disk). The transparent tentacles and
oral disk are covered with tiny bumps that are white, sometimes reddish.
In some, the bumps are densely grouped. There is a black-and-white
ring on the base of the longer tentacles where they attach to the
oral disk. The mouth is ringed by white spots. The body column is
smooth almost transparent with regular wide smooth fluted ridges along
the column length. It does not seem to have bumps (verrucae).
The Striped or Armed Anemone (Dofleinia armata) found in Australia
is considered extremely dangerous as it can inflict painful stings
that take months to heal.
Somtimes confused with the Rough anemone which has translucent tentacles with small brown spots, dark blotches on the oral disk and rows of white bumps on the body column. |
Beting Bronok, Jun 10
Rings of long tentacles and short tentacles.
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Beting Bronok, Aug 05
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Beting Bronok, Jun 06
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Glass
anemones on Singapore shores |
Other sightings on Singapore shores |
Changi Carpark 6, May 21
Photo shared by Jonathan Tan on facebook.
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.Pulau Ubin, Dec 12
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on flickr.
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Caught a small fish!
Changi, Aug 19
Photo shared by Jianlin Liu on facebook.
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Pulau Sekudu, Jul 20
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook.
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Beting Bronok, Jun 18
Photo shared by Toh Chay Hoon on facebook.
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East Coast Park (PCN), Aug 23
Photo shared by Kelvin Yong on facebook
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East Coast Park (G), May 21
Photo shared by Toh Chay Hoon on facebook |
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Links
References
- Erhardt,
Harry and Daniel Knop. 2005. Corals:
Indo-Pacific Field Guide
IKAN-Unterwasserachiv, Frankfurt. 305 pp.
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