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| Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Order Actiniaria > Family Stichodactylidae > Stichodactyla sp. |
| What
do carpet anemones eat? Here's some things Haddon's carpet anemones have been seen swallowing. The sticky tentacles of the anemone grab any animals that blunder or are washed into them. The oral disk can contract quickly to hold on to the luckless prey, which is eventually transferred into the central mouth. Some large creatures that are swallowed up by carpet anemones include fishes and crabs. |
 A crab Chek Jawa, Feb 02 |
 A living sand dollar Chek Jawa, Feb 04 |
 A sea pen Chek Jawa, Feb 04 |
 Button snails Chek Jawa, Mar 05 |
 A living pufferfish Chek Jawa, Feb 02 |
 A dead fish Chek Jawa, Mar 02 |
 Folding up on small fishes that blundered in to the oral disk. Chek Jawa, Feb 02 |
 Spitting out indigestible bits. Chek Jawa, Jul 02 |
 A crab Changi, Jul 12 |
 Tiny fish trapped on tentacles. Tanah Merah, Sep 10 |
 Tiny fish trapped on tentacles. Tanah Merah, Sep 10 |
