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Bedok South, South East, Singapore
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This one has decided to hang on to some brown algae for a while
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Swimming anemones look like this during the day. At night their tentacles come out to filter the seawater and feed.
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This species is closed up during the day. At night it opens out to feed with hundreds of tentacles. It is unusual in that, whilst often attached, it can let go of the bottom and drift around in the current until it finds more food
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This anemone was drifting around, attached to the kelp that it feeds on as the kelp had broken off
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A nice composition of swimming anemone, currently closed up, hydroids, encrusting algae, sponges and brown algae
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Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia
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Kampong Pasir Ris, North East, Singapore
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Kampong Pasir Ris, North East, Singapore
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Kampong Pasir Ris, North East, Singapore
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Kampong Pasir Ris, North East, Singapore
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Kampong Pasir Ris, North East, Singapore
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Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States
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Strawberry Anemone or White-spotted Rose Anemone (Urticina lofotensis) in captivity in the Oceanearium, Lisbon, Portugal. Photographed on 11 October 2014."
Urticina lofotensis is found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific coast of North America. It occurs between low water mark and a depth of about 15 m (49 ft). It is found on rocks and pilings, in crevices and gullies and favours exposed habitats with fast moving water" (ref: from Wikipedia referencing Danielssen, 1890).
www.inaturalist.org/observations/55658951
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Urticina lofotensiswhite-spotted rose anemone. Photographed at Monterey Aquarium
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