1 - Marine - Fauna / Flora
Gem Anemone
"Aulactinia Verrucosa" , Also known as the Wartlet Anemone.
The tentacles are typically striped or banded.
When disturbed they contract into very tight, small warty blobs .
Base up to 25 mm in diameter and broader than column.
Column narrow and cylindrical (grey or pink) , up to 50 mm tall, and covered with small
wart-like protuberances (verrucae) - rows of white warts and rows of smaller greyish warts.
Middle to lower shore under boulders ,in crevices, rock pools .
Up to 48 Tentacles - transparent and mottled green, grey or pink in colour ,
They are typically found in exposed rocky shores, in small rockpools
on the middle and lower shore.
Ref: 10366
Date: 08/07/2012
Location: Sandy Haven
