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White-⁠plumed Anemone's Tentacles

Metridium farcimen

Location
Monterey, CA, USA
Date
March 12, 2017
Photograph byKate Vylet

Description

Tiny translucent tentacles give the white-plumed anemone its fluffy white appearance. Also called the giant plumose anemone, it has more than 100 slender tentacles and can stand up to 1 m tall when extended. It feeds mainly on small plankton and lives mostly below the tides, on rocks, docks and pilings, from Alaska to Southern California.

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OuiSi Nature card 203: White-plumed Anemone's Tentacles. Photograph by Kate Vylet The whole photograph behind card 203: White-plumed Anemone's Tentacles. Photograph by Kate Vylet

White-plumed Anemone's Tentacles

Photograph by Kate Vylet