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Anemonia viridis

Snakelocks anemone

Description:

It is a species of sea anemones. It is about 10cm high and 6cm in diameter, but it is very variable (soft body).

Habitat:

It is very common in the Portuguese West Coast. Usually are attached to the rocks and can be seen in low tide.

7 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Thanks for you expert input João Pedro Silva. I certainly slipped up checking the distribution.

João Pedro Silva
João Pedro Silva 9 years ago

This is probably the most common anemone along the portuguese coast, Anemonia viridis. The can be found even 30 meters deep in spite of relying (partially) on the zooxanthellae, and that's why they're most common near the surface alongside Actinia fragacea and Actinia equina. Mark Ridgway's suggestion of Anthopleura elegantissima would be adequate for the NE Pacific but this spotting was on the NE Atlantic.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Aggregating anemone - Anthopleura elegantissima ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggregating...

Beautifull capture David,congrats and thanks for sharing

DavidSantos
DavidSantos 9 years ago

ok. i will try :)

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 9 years ago

David, this is a very interesting spotting but could you please tell us where you spotted these, their size and anything else interesting about the spotting/experience. This would make the spotting complete. Thanks.

Awesome !

DavidSantos
Spotted by
DavidSantos

A dos Cunhados e Maceira, Centro, Portugal

Spotted on Feb 10, 2015
Submitted on Feb 10, 2015

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