GENERAL  Sea Anemones

Movement

Feeding

Predators

Diagram

 

ANIMALIA

 

  Gem Anemone
 

Common Name(s):  Gem Anemone Scientific Name:  Bunodactis verrucosa (Pennant, 1777) is invalid. Aulactinia verrucosa   Family: Usual Size:  25 cm

                                Photograph by  Andy Horton

Identification: Usual coloration:   The following photograph by Ron Barrett shows the column in part: Similar species:  Breeding:  Viviparous, the same as the Beadlet.  Habitat: Rocky shores subject to heavy wave action. Local distribution.  Food: Small mussels are important, consumed in their shells after being bashed off the rocks by waves.  Range: South and west of Britain.  Eastern limit in English Channel is probably the Dorset shore where it is rare.  Additional Notes: Information wanted: Please send any records of this sea anemone, with location, date, who discovered it, how it was identified, prevalence, common name and any other details to  Shorewatch Project EMail Glaucus@hotmail.com.  All messages will receive a reply.  Shorewatch Project