GENERAL  Sea Anemones

Movement

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Anemone Index

 

ANIMALIA

 

  Actinothoe sphyrodeta  Anemone
 

Common Name(s): Scientific Name: Actinothoe sphyrodeta Family: Usual Size:  cm

                                  Photographs by  Andy Horton

Identification:   For an excellent photograph including the coloured oral disc, go to Sue Daly's Channel Island site.  http://www.mermaid1.demon.co.uk/anemones.htm The photograph was good enough for My Computer Wallpaper of the month (October 1998).   Lightly adherent.      1 September 2007   An early morning visit to east Worthing beach produced the small white sea anemone Actinothoe sphyrodeta which is a species rarely found between the tides.  Report by Jason Koen    Full Report from East Worthing Beach BMLSS Sea Anemones       Similar species:  Breeding:  Longitudinal fission. Anemone splits into two identical halves.    Habitat:     Rarely intertidal, vagrant young specimens recorded.  Food: Range: 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