Open violet zoanthid polyps covering the bottom of a rock pool. Port St Johns, Wild Coast, Eastern Cape (2021). Polyps tall, with a height of 2-3 times the width, and connected by a thin coenenchyme. Like all Zoanthus species, the polyp column is smooth, never embedded with sand. Column usually violet to grey, with an… Continue reading Violet zoanthid (Zoanthus sansibaricus)
Tag: anemone
Crevice anemone (Anthopleura michaelseni)
Details of the spherules, and the long tentacles of the crevice anemone. Fishhoek, Western Cape (2020) - iNaturalist Also called long-tentacled anemone. Column with large sticky pads, to which shells and gravel adhere. Dark stripes usually radiate from mouth to the 96 long pink-to-brownish tentacles. Spherules present. Up to 150 mm in diameter, but commonly… Continue reading Crevice anemone (Anthopleura michaelseni)
Striped anemone (Anthothoe stimpsonii)
Two striped anemones partially open in the crack of a rock pool. Port Alfred, Eastern Cape (2024) - iNaturalist Also called humbug anemone. Live anemones exist in many different colours, ranging from green to orange. Column light green, brown, orange, yellow, white, transparent, grey or flesh. Column and tentacles without bright spots. Column smooth, not… Continue reading Striped anemone (Anthothoe stimpsonii)
Sandy anemone (Bunodactis reynaudi)
Close-up of sandy anemones in a rock pool. Yzerfontein, Western Cape (2020) - iNaturalist Column covered in flattened sticky knobs, to which sand and gravel particles adhere. Over 300 short tentacles, no spherules. Colours include brown, green, pink and blue. Up to 80 mm in diameter. Often crowded into sandy gullies, around the bases of… Continue reading Sandy anemone (Bunodactis reynaudi)
False plum anemone (Pseudactinia flagellifera)
Details of the mauve-tipped tentacles. Cape Agulhas, Western Cape (2020) - iNaturalist Column smooth, orange to red, tentacles red or yellow, often mauve-tipped. Cannot readily retract tentacles or close up. 3-5 rows of bubble-like, orange vesicles and one row of spherules just outside tentacles. 50 - 100 mm in diameter. Found singly, because aggressively territorial,… Continue reading False plum anemone (Pseudactinia flagellifera)
Knobbly anemone (Bunodosoma capense)
Details of the tentacles and the papillae. Mouille Point, Cape Town, Western Cape (2020) - iNaturalist Previously known as Bunodosoma capensis. Column streaked with small non-adhesive knobs, called papillae. Up to 96 spherules present in fosse.Papillae are usually darker and brighter in contrast with the background colour, which can be cream-white, pink, orange, red, blue… Continue reading Knobbly anemone (Bunodosoma capense)
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