#plumose anemones

[boymanmaletheshequel]

Forbidden cauliflower

[unofficial-sean]

If anyone knows what these worm-like creatures are (not pictured in the thumbnail), do let me know!

[hellsitegenetics]

String identified: gtc c g t GATATATAGGACTAGATAGTA

Closest match: Metridium senile genome assembly, chromosome: 5 Common name: Fluffy Anemone

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she genetic code on my genome till i GATATATAGGACTAGATAGTA

[calochortus]

Young Metridium senile by Alexander Semenov

[podartists]

The Plumose Anemone | The Aquarium: An Unveiling of the Wonders of the Deep Sea (1856) | Philip Henry Gosse

[richaa14]

G for Giant Plumose Anemone

[kestarren]

Underwater photos by Alexander Semenov. ~ Serpula uschakovi, a type of fan worm/polychaete/tube worm, in the Sea of Japan, 3 Sept '19. ~ Clione limacina, aka Sea angel/Pelagic sea slug, in shallow water - in the White Sea, northwest Russia, 11 June '22. ~ Metridium senile, a Plumose anemone, White Sea, 18 Sept '22.

[shoforca]

Tide pools :D

Image 1: Red-trumpet calcareous tubeworm

Image 2: Plumose anemone feat little orange sea cucumber to the right

Image 3: A couple of aggregate anemones and lots of barnacles

[hadalzonee]

lmao yes the touch pool had its grand opening yesterday so it is touch pool time!! these photos are outdated because they have gotten more creatures in the week since i took them but gaze upon the oregon tide pool critters

what we have here:

a cute little nudibranch, a tiny sea star, and various anemones (aggregating and plumose, i think?)

a few aggregating anemones

a rock covered in strawberry anemones and some miscellaneous aggregating anemones

a giant green anemone that fell over (not really, it just hadn't established itself yet)

another rock covered in strawberry anemones and i THINK a giant green anemone (they can be white) (the one to the side that fell over is also a giant green)

bonus:

she's not in a touch pool but this is princess, she gets a tank all to herself because she ate all her tankmates at her old aquarium <3

got so many pictures of the new touch pool at the aquarium but it isn't open to the public for another week so i can't post it augh

remind me in a week for anemone/nudibranch/limpet etc. photos

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Camouflage: When you think of camo, it’s usually some shade of green for a forest or grassland, or brown or a drier climate. However, in the brightly colored reefs of the Pacific Northwest, many inhabitants go bright, such as this type of large sculpin. Known as a red Irish lord, it is usually found on outcroppings where currents sweep prey to the front. It’s dwarfed by the plumose anemones, but Nat Geo Explorer Kiliii Yuyan couldn’t take his eyes off it. “I love that critter, “ Yuyan says. “I spent an hour underwater and he got his own photo shoot.”

[unofficial-sean]

Plumose anemone

[crudlynaturephotos]

[antiqueanimals]

The Seashore. Written by Jennifer Cochran. Illustrated by Kenneth Lilly, Patricia Mynott, James Nicholls, and George Thompson . 1973.

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[montereybayaquarium]

“Deeper than the sun can glow, there forests of animals will grow.” - A Metridium idiom

Plumose anemones (Metridium farcimen) are staples of Monterey Bay’s slower-going, deeper reefs. Plumose anemones funnel fleeting foods into billowing bundles of tentacles by extending several feet into the languid currents, creating ghostly stands of miniature animal-forests.

At the Aquarium, divers feed them “krill shakes” of blended bites via squeeze bottles—if you see a dusting of pink on their arms during your visit, that’s a bit of a milk-mustache left over from dessert!

[wandering-in-the-mist]

Some more beauties found with the low tide

[cephalogodess]

Ghostly Sea Anemone

Giant Plumose Anemone - Metridium farcimen

Edmonds Underwater Park, Washington

January 20, 2020 

By Taryn Michelle Gustafson