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| sea anemones text index | photo index |
| Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Zoantharia/Hexacorallia > Order Actiniaria |
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hermit crab anemone awaiting identification* updated Nov 08 Where seen? This small anemone is sometimes seen on shells occupied by hermit crabs and on living snails. It is sometimes seen on some of our Northern shores. Features: Diameter with tentacles extended 1-2cm. Many short tapering tentacles, semi-transparent some with pale brown bands. Body column short, smooth and not covered in sediments, pale some with faint stripes. Oral disk white or with white radiating stripes. Sometimes, a single single shell may bear two or three of these anemones. Big sea anemones are also seen on shells occupied by hermit crabs. |
 Hermit half buried, with its sea anemones. Changi, Apr 07 |
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 Changi, Apr 04 |
Small hermit crab anemones on Singapore shores
 Changi, May 05 |
 The hermit crab. |
 The sea anemone. |
 Changi, Jun 07  |
 Changi, Jul 07  |
 Changi, Jun 07  |
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display
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