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| sea anemones text index | photo index |
| Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Zoantharia/Hexacorallia > Order Actiniaria |
| Seagrass
sea anemone Awaiting identification* updated Mar 13 Where seen? This tiny sea anemone is sometimes seen in seagrass meadows, stuck onto seagrass blades and seaweeds. Usually seen singly, sometimes, many are seen clustered together. Features: Diameter 1cm with tentacles expanded. Many tentacles, tapering translucent with tiny bumpy spots, with slightly more opaque white tips. Body column short densely covered with tiny bumps. Broad foot which it uses to cling onto seagrass blades. It can 'swim' by undulating its tentacles in synchrony, but is not a vigorous swimmer. It can also move from one spot to another somewhat like an inchworm does: by sticking to a spot further away with its tentacles, unclamping its pedal disk, then relocating its pedal disk to a spot closer to its tentacles. Sometimes confused with tiny Swimming anemones (Boloceroides mcmurrichi) which have opaque tentacles with bands. |
 Changi, Aug 12  |
 Changi, Aug 12 |
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Seagrass sea anemones on Singapore shores
| Photos for free download from wildsingapore flickr |
*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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