Mediterranean snakelocks sea anemone
A species of Anemonia Scientific name : Anemonia sulcata Genus : Anemonia
Mediterranean snakelocks sea anemone, A species of Anemonia
Botanical name: Anemonia sulcata
Genus: Anemonia
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Description
This sea anemone has two ecotypes; one has a basal disk up to 5 cm (2 in) in diameter and has fewer than 192 tentacles (usually 142 to 148); the other has a disk up to 15 cm (6 in) in diameter and 192 tentacles or more, up to 348. The tentacles are long, slender and tapering, arranged in six whorls round the central mouth on the oral disk. They vary in colour but are usually some shade of green, grey or light brown. A knob on the tip of each tentacle, where the stinging cells are concentrated, may be violet.
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