Tag: Anemone

Plumose Metridium Anemones

Plumose Anemone (Metridium farcimen) These large, fluffy-looking white (or occasionally orange) anemones are often found on OOI infrastructure in shallow coastal waters

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Unknown Anemone 3

Unknown Anemone 3 This small, orange-hued anemone is quite squat and nearly flat, with short tentacles. It may be of the type

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Unknown Anemone 2

Unknown Anemone 2 This small anemone was found at Axial Base, inhabiting the soft, pelagic muds. Its body, or column, is short,

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Pom Pom Anemone

Pom Pom Anemone (Liponema brevicornis) The Pom Pom Anemone actually looks like a pom pom. It has a circular or oblong shaped

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Deep-Sea Anemone

Deep Sea Anemone (Unknown sp.) Anemones are sessile polyps; they spend most of their lifetime attached to rocks or coral reefs via

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Corallimorph anemone

Corallimorph anemone (Corallimorphus sp.) The corallimorph anemone or mushroom anemones are similar to sea anemones. They lack a calcareous skeleton but also

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