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Bulb-tentacle sea anemone

Scientific name: Entacmaea quadricolor

Size: Up to 15.8 inches maximum

Color: Variable color

Distinguishing feature: Tentacles rounded at the end resembling a bulb

Where did we see it: Thailand, Mayotte, Raja Ampat

Bulb-tentacle sea anemone of Maldives

Bulb-tentacle sea anemone

Scientific name: Entacmaea quadricolor

Size: Up to 15.8 inches maximum

Color: Variable color

Distinguishing feature: Tentacles rounded at the end resembling a bulb

Where did we see it: Thailand, Mayotte, Raja Ampat

In detail

Anemones of the type "entacmaea" have no warts on their column.

It can move, when we see some who are more than 15.8 inches, it is often young people from 2 to 4 inches who have gathered.

Two hypotheses for the bulb at the end of the tentacles: either the absorption of light creates this bulb and shrinks the tentacle, or it would be in reaction to the presence of symbiotic damselflies.

The different species of Sea ​​anemone we have seen

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