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Giant Anemone

Condylactis gigantea

Description:

Photo take at -40 ft on a coral reef beautiful anemone whit purple tips.This is the largest and showiest anemone in the Caribbean. It may attain a diameter across the tentacles of over 30 cm. The tentacles are long with slightly enlarged tips.Tentacles and body white, often with tints of gray, brown, yellow or green. Tips of tentacles pink, lavender, yellow, chartreuse, or occasionally, white.

Habitat:

It is common on reefs, down to 30 m, and in shallow grass beds in lagoons. Found from Florida all the Caribbean sea to Brazil.

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Gerardo Aizpuru
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Gerardo Aizpuru

Mexico

Spotted on May 27, 2012
Submitted on May 27, 2012

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