Marine Life · Whelks

Variable burnupena (Burnupena lagenaria)

Variable burnupena outgrown by a slipper limpet. Port Alfred, Eastern Cape (2022). Shell is shorter (spire less than half the aperture length) and often has wavy dark flames.The commonest species on the South-East coast, where it has obvious coarse spiral ridges and its aperture is violet-brown, or yellow. On the West coast, it has an… Continue reading Variable burnupena (Burnupena lagenaria)

Anemones · Cnidarians · Marine Life · South Africa

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)