Here Corynactis is completing the slow act of pulling itself apart to form two clone mates. Corynactis also can reproduce sexually creating variation in color and other traits. The topsnail, Calliostoma, is one the anemone's few predators. Depth 15 m.
Under attack by the leather star, Corynactis defends itself by extruding its mesenterial filaments loaded with stinging cells, nematocysts, from its body cavity. Depth 27 m.
