Glass
anemone
Dofleinia sp.
Family Actiniidae
updated
Mar 09
Where
seen?
This beautiful sea anemone resembles blown glass and is sometimes
seen on sand and near seagrasses on some of our shores.
Glass sea anemone features: Diameter
with tentacles extended 20cm or more. The oral disk 5-8cm in diameter.
One ring of shorter tentacles (about the diameter of the oral disk)
and another ring of long tentacles (10-20cm). The transparent tentacles
and oral disk are covered with small bumps that are white, sometimes
reddish. In some, the bumps are densely grouped. There is a black-and-white
ring on the base of each tentacle where it attaches to the oral disk.The
body column is smooth almost transparent with regular wide smooth
fluted ridges along the column length. It does not seem to have 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.
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Beting Bronok, Aug 05

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Glass
anemones on Singapore shores

Changi, Jul 07
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Beting Bronok, Aug 05
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Beting Bronok, Jun 06
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Changi, Aug 02
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