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Corals & anemones

Hidden Anemone

Lebrunia coralligens

Also known as: Caribbean Anemone, Common Anemone, Stinging Anemone

Adult
@ChrisW · Divi Flamingo Dive Resort - Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands · December 20231 / 1
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Overview

Found over shallow waters living in fissures and cracks in corals and rocks, with just a few tentacles showing (hence the name!) These tentacles expand at night to feed.
Colour varies
Widespread Western Atlantic - Brazil, Caribbean

Sea Anemones are large solitary polyps which have no skeleton. They have a basal or pedal disc which helps them crawl and dig into place, for some, once in place it is virtually impossible to move. Other smaller anemones move around the reef to feed at night.
Most eat plankton, but they are capable of eating anything caught in their stinging tentacles including quite big fish.
The fringing tentacles are configured in six or multiples of six.
Some sea anemones have a symbiotic relationship with sea anemones and some live commensally with various crabs, shrimp and brittle stars.

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How to identify

Body shape
tentacles
Behaviour
hides

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic
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Found over shallow waters living in fissures and cracks in corals and rocks, with just a few tentacles showing (hence the name!) These tentacles expand at night to feed.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumCnidaria
    3. classHexacorallia
    4. orderActiniaria
    5. familyAliciidae
    6. genusLebrunia
    7. speciesLebrunia coralligens (Wilson, 1890)

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    More in the family

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