#actiniaria

[spongerard]

White pixie cut Gerard as Giant Plumose Anemone Metridium farcimen

[snototter]

A striped anemone (Anthothoe chilensis) in Elqui, Chile

by Marcelo Andrés Rojas González

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

Rock flower anemone!

Have you seen the red beaded anemone (Phymanthus crucifer)?

I have now

Yes, in photos/videos

Yes, irl

I'm not sure

Voting ended onMay 25

[saritawolf]

Giant Green Anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost

[every-day-creechur]

Medusa Anemone Peachia neozelanica

A sea anemone that attaches itself to medusa jellyfish, found near Aotearoa New Zealand.

image by Luca Davenport-Thomas

[beautyunderthewaves]

[podartists]

The Smooth Anemone | The Aquarium: An Unveiling of the Wonders of the Deep Sea (1856) | Philip Henry Gosse

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Siblings can be a pain-- especially when they're all clones of you. The aggregating anemone is often found in masses of up to a hundred polyps, all of them identical to each other. The ones on the edge of the mass are smaller and unable to reproduce, but have larger, specialized tentacles called acrorhagi that they use to defend their territory from invading anemone masses.

(Image: A small group of aggregating anemones (Anthopleura elegantissima), one of which is in the middle of dividing, by Dave Cowles)

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