Very
long anemone
Actinoporus elongatus*
Family Capneidae
updated
Feb 2020
Where
seen? A stout anemone that is sometimes seen on our Northern
and Southern shores. Usually alone in sand bars and sandy stretches
near reefs and seagrasses and in sandy artificial swimming lagoons.
Features: Diameter 6-8cm. Body column very long (50cm or longer).Tentacles
very short hardly extending beyond the oral disk. Rows of tiny bumps
on the oral disk. Body column pale, smooth
with a short row of large circular bumps near the top. It can tuck
its oral disk partially into the body column. Colours seen include grey, beige, pink. |
Cyrene Reef,Jul 10 |
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| Other sightings on Singapore shores |
Berlayar Creek, Feb 20
Photo shared by Lok Kok Sheng on facebook. |
Lazarus Island, Mar 16
Photo shared by Lok Kok Sheng on his
blog. |
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Pulau Semakau (South), Apr 18
Photo shared by Lok Kok Sheng on facebook. |
Pulau Semakau (South), Oct 23
Photo shared by Lok Kok Sheng on facebook. |
Pulau Semakau (South), Oct 23
Photo shared by Lok Kok Sheng on facebook. |
Pulau Semakau, Aug 11
Photo shared by Lok Kok Sheng on his
blog. |
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Acknowledgements
Grateful
thanks to Prof Daphne Fautin for identifiying this anemone.
Links
Reference
- D. G. Fautin, R. Tan, N. W. L. Yap, Tan S. H., A. Crowther, R. Goodwill, K. Sanpanich & Tay Y. C. Sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) of Singapore: shallow water species known also from the Indian subcontinent. 10 July 2015 The Comprehensive Marine Biodiversity Survey: Johor Straits International Workshop (2012) The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2015 Supplement No. 31, Pp. 44-59.
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