OuiSi Nature · Card 203
White-plumed Anemone's Tentacles
Metridium farcimen
- Location
- Monterey, CA, USA
- Date
- March 12, 2017
Photograph byKate VyletDescription
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.
Learn moreen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metridium_farcimen
The photographer
Kate Vylet
Underwater photographer/videographer and scientific diver
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