Anemones / Hydroids

Purple Sea Anemone (Actinaria sp.)
Purple Sea Anemone (Actinaria sp.) magenta curls curled Various Invert |Purple Sea Anemone (Actinaria sp.)

Solitary Hydroid (Ralpharia magnifica)
Solitary Hydroid (Ralpharia magnifica) single one alone lonely isolated individual sting stings stinger stinging stingers toxic toxin poison poisonous poisonos arm arms delicate fragile flower flowering Various Invert |Solitary Hydroid (Ralpharia magnifica)

Robust Zoanthid (Zoanthus robustus) colony.
Robust Zoanthid (Zoanthus robustus) colony. mass many group together clustered mouths feeding Various Invert |Robust Zoanthid (Zoanthus robustus)

Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica) Detail of mouth.
Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica) Detail of mouth. soft pink touching wrinkled wrinkles Various Invert |Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica)

Bubble-tip Anemone (entacmaea actinostoloides)
Bubble-tip Anemone (entacmaea actinostoloides) sting stings stinger stinging stingers toxic toxin poison poisonous poisonos tenticle tenticles tentacle tentacles arm arms soft delicate hair hairy balding Various Invert |Bubble-tip Anemone (entacmaea actinostoloides)

Tube Anemone (Pachycerianthus fimbriatus)
Tube Anemone (Pachycerianthus fimbriatus) sting stings stinger stinging stingers toxic toxin poison poisonous poisonos tentacle tentacles soft delicate fragile breakable extend extended sand sandy sandflat seabed sea bed sea-bed seafloor sea-floor floor |Tube Anemone (Pachycerianthus fimbriatus)

Brooding Anemone (Epiactis prolifera)
Brooding Anemone (Epiactis prolifera) tentacles toxic poisonous red orange pink Various Invert |Brooding Anemone (Epiactis prolifera)

Fish-eating Tealia (Tealia piscivora)
Fish-eating Tealia (Tealia piscivora) tentacles poisonous toxic radial circles sunburst red orange yellow Various Invert |Fish-eating Tealia (Tealia piscivora)

Cerianthus Anemone (Cerianthus sp.)
Cerianthus Anemone (Cerianthus sp.) wave arms tassells taselles ambush purple Various Invert |Cerianthus Anemone (Cerianthus sp.)

Gorgonian Anemone (Nemanthus annamensis) feeding on passing plankton at night.
Gorgonian Anemone (Nemanthus annamensis) feeding on passing plankton at night. tentacle tentacles vertical delicate fragile Various Invert |Gorgonian Anemone (Nemanthus annamensis)

Gorgonian Anemone (Nemanthus annamensis) attached to Black Coral stem.
Gorgonian Anemone (Nemanthus annamensis) attached to Black Coral stem. covering covered clustered many crowded vertical sticky Various Invert |Gorgonian Anemone (Nemanthus annamensis)

Giant Plumose Anemones (Metridium farcimen) growing on deep reef wall in high current area.
Giant Plumose Anemones (Metridium farcimen) growing on deep reef wall in high current area. mass many group together same identical similar soft delicate fragile breakable tree trees trunk trunks sprout sprouting inflate inflation inflated vertical |Giant Plumose Anemones (Metridium farcimen)

Gorgonian Wrapper Anemone (Nemanthus annamensis) on Gorgonian Sea Fan with extended tentacles at night.
Gorgonian Wrapper Anemone (Nemanthus annamensis) on Gorgonian Sea Fan with extended tentacles at night. colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint red orange single one alone lonely isolated individual sting stings stinger stinging stingers toxic toxin poison poisonous poisonos delicate fragile frail weak flimsy insubstantial soft tenticles vertical Various Invert |Gorgonian Wrapper Anemone (Nemanthus annamensis)

Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica) Detail of polyps.
Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica) Detail of polyps. Actiniaria (sea anemones) Radiata, Coelenterata, Cnidaria, Anthozoa sting stings stinger stinging stingers toxic toxin poison poisonous poisonos tassel tassell tasell tasells tassells tassels tassillated tasillated tassilated tasilated tassle tasslle tassilles tassles soft delicate fragile breakable purple tip tips tipped vertical |Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica)

Merten's Sea Anemone (Stichodactyla mertensii) with Orange-fin Anemonefish (Amphiprion chrysopterus)
Merten's Sea Anemone (Stichodactyla mertensii) with Orange-fin Anemonefish (Amphiprion chrysopterus) Stichodactylidae Anthozoa Actiniaria two pair couple together duo paired partner partners twin partnership colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint purple mauve yellow gold golden lemon flavus, flava, flavum black cyan commensal sting stings stinger stinging stingers toxic toxin poison poisonous poisonos |Merten's Sea Anemone (Stichodactyla mertensii)

Merten's Sea Anemone (Stichodactyla mertensii) with Orange-fin Anemonefish (Amphiprion chrysopterus)
Merten's Sea Anemone (Stichodactyla mertensii) with Orange-fin Anemonefish (Amphiprion chrysopterus) Stichodactylidae Anthozoa Actiniaria single one alone lonely isolated individual sting stings stinger stinging stingers toxic toxin poison poisonous poisonos sticky soft delicate fragile breakable |Merten's Sea Anemone (Stichodactyla mertensii)

Yellow Zoanthids (Parazoanthus sp.)
Yellow Zoanthids (Parazoanthus sp.) yellow pink colourful colorful vertical covering Various Invert |Yellow Zoanthids (Parazoanthus sp.)

Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica) releasing eggs while spawning.
Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica) releasing eggs while spawning. sex reproduction mate mating maternal copulate copulation mass many smoke smokey smoking vent Various Invert |Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica)

Mouth of Sea Anemone (Megalactis sp.)
Mouth of Sea Anemone (Megalactis sp.) spots spotted dot dots dotted spot speckled specks colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint purple mauve yellow mouth entry abstract line lines lined stripe stripes striped patterns pattern band bands banded sting stings stinger stinging stingers toxic toxin poison poisonous poisonos |Mouth of Sea Anemone (Megalactis sp.)

Hydroids growing on underside of coral ledge, taking advantage of high current area while avoiding direct sunlight.
Hydroids growing on underside of coral ledge, taking advantage of high current area while avoiding direct sunlight. Plumulariidae cover covered fern ferns |Hydroids growing on underside of coral ledge, taking advantage of high current area while avoiding direct sunlight.