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Looks similar to Anthothoe albocincta, but a very large number of light orange tentacles and blue-grey body with lighter coloured stripes and brown oral disc. Column about 10mm high 15mm diameter. Emitted stinging threads from the column when poked (good scientific method ;-). It was growing out horizontally from a rock, and was still under about 0.5m of water at low tide. I count at least 310 tentacles. Added a fifth photo taken the day before, the width is maybe greater than 15mm.
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Looks similar to Anthothoe albocincta, but a very large number of light orange tentacles and blue-grey body with lighter coloured stripes and brown oral disc. Column about 10mm high 15mm diameter. Emitted stinging threads from the column when poked (good scientific method ;-). It was growing out horizontally from a rock, and was still under about 0.5m of water at low tide. I count at least 310 tentacles. Added a fifth photo taken the day before, the width is maybe greater than 15mm.
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Looks similar to Anthothoe albocincta, but a very large number of light orange tentacles and blue-grey body with lighter coloured stripes and brown oral disc. Column about 10mm high 15mm diameter. Emitted stinging threads from the column when poked (good scientific method ;-). It was growing out horizontally from a rock, and was still under about 0.5m of water at low tide. I count at least 310 tentacles. Added a fifth photo taken the day before, the width is maybe greater than 15mm.
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Looks similar to Anthothoe albocincta, but a very large number of light orange tentacles and blue-grey body with lighter coloured stripes and brown oral disc. Column about 10mm high 15mm diameter. Emitted stinging threads from the column when poked (good scientific method ;-). It was growing out horizontally from a rock, and was still under about 0.5m of water at low tide. I count at least 310 tentacles. Added a fifth photo taken the day before, the width is maybe greater than 15mm.
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Looks similar to Anthothoe albocincta, but a very large number of light orange tentacles and blue-grey body with lighter coloured stripes and brown oral disc. Column about 10mm high 15mm diameter. Emitted stinging threads from the column when poked (good scientific method ;-). It was growing out horizontally from a rock, and was still under about 0.5m of water at low tide. I count at least 310 tentacles. Added a fifth photo taken the day before, the width is maybe greater than 15mm.
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Found very close to my previous posting, but I couldn't find it on a subsequent visit (will have to wait for another good low tide now). I think it was growing out and downwards from the rock, under about 0.5m of water at low tide, surrounded by seaweed and paua. I thought the description was like Diadumene neozelanica but it doesn't seem to have extra large inner tentacles. There is a distinct collar around the top of the column and there appear to be pores on the surface that might emit stinging threads (didn't prod it to find out). The stripes have a stripe within a stripe - a light coloured line down the centre, different from the previous observation. About 15mm high. The first photo displayed here was taken from underneath and I think it appears to glow because of the sunlight coming through the sides of the column from above.
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Found very close to my previous posting, but I couldn't find it on a subsequent visit (will have to wait for another good low tide now). I think it was growing out and downwards from the rock, under about 0.5m of water at low tide, surrounded by seaweed and paua. I thought the description was like Diadumene neozelanica but it doesn't seem to have extra large inner tentacles. There is a distinct collar around the top of the column and there appear to be pores on the surface that might emit stinging threads (didn't prod it to find out). The stripes have a stripe within a stripe - a light coloured line down the centre, different from the previous observation. About 15mm high. The first photo displayed here was taken from underneath and I think it appears to glow because of the sunlight coming through the sides of the column from above.
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Found very close to my previous posting, but I couldn't find it on a subsequent visit (will have to wait for another good low tide now). I think it was growing out and downwards from the rock, under about 0.5m of water at low tide, surrounded by seaweed and paua. I thought the description was like Diadumene neozelanica but it doesn't seem to have extra large inner tentacles. There is a distinct collar around the top of the column and there appear to be pores on the surface that might emit stinging threads (didn't prod it to find out). The stripes have a stripe within a stripe - a light coloured line down the centre, different from the previous observation. About 15mm high. The first photo displayed here was taken from underneath and I think it appears to glow because of the sunlight coming through the sides of the column from above.
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Found very close to my previous posting, but I couldn't find it on a subsequent visit (will have to wait for another good low tide now). I think it was growing out and downwards from the rock, under about 0.5m of water at low tide, surrounded by seaweed and paua. I thought the description was like Diadumene neozelanica but it doesn't seem to have extra large inner tentacles. There is a distinct collar around the top of the column and there appear to be pores on the surface that might emit stinging threads (didn't prod it to find out). The stripes have a stripe within a stripe - a light coloured line down the centre, different from the previous observation. About 15mm high. The first photo displayed here was taken from underneath and I think it appears to glow because of the sunlight coming through the sides of the column from above.
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In a rockpool in the lower part of the intertidal zone, only one of these and about 50 Anthothoe albocincta in the pool. Column blue-grey with darker longitudinal stripes about 10mm high and 10mm diameter. A small number of holes of the sort that Anthothoe albocincta have for shooting acontia threads when defending themselves. A definite collar around the top of the column when tentacles are extended. A least 200 tentacles: light orangey-brown, inner whorl of tentacles have a dark inner (brown-black) surface, the same colour as the oral disc. Inside the mouth is bright orange.
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In a rockpool in the lower part of the intertidal zone, only one of these and about 50 Anthothoe albocincta in the pool. Column blue-grey with darker longitudinal stripes about 10mm high and 10mm diameter. A small number of holes of the sort that Anthothoe albocincta have for shooting acontia threads when defending themselves. A definite collar around the top of the column when tentacles are extended. A least 200 tentacles: light orangey-brown, inner whorl of tentacles have a dark inner (brown-black) surface, the same colour as the oral disc. Inside the mouth is bright orange.
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In a rockpool in the lower part of the intertidal zone, only one of these and about 50 Anthothoe albocincta in the pool. Column blue-grey with darker longitudinal stripes about 10mm high and 10mm diameter. A small number of holes of the sort that Anthothoe albocincta have for shooting acontia threads when defending themselves. A definite collar around the top of the column when tentacles are extended. A least 200 tentacles: light orangey-brown, inner whorl of tentacles have a dark inner (brown-black) surface, the same colour as the oral disc. Inside the mouth is bright orange.
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In a rockpool in the lower part of the intertidal zone, only one of these and about 50 Anthothoe albocincta in the pool. Column blue-grey with darker longitudinal stripes about 10mm high and 10mm diameter. A small number of holes of the sort that Anthothoe albocincta have for shooting acontia threads when defending themselves. A definite collar around the top of the column when tentacles are extended. A least 200 tentacles: light orangey-brown, inner whorl of tentacles have a dark inner (brown-black) surface, the same colour as the oral disc. Inside the mouth is bright orange.
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In a rockpool in the lower part of the intertidal zone, only one of these and about 50 Anthothoe albocincta in the pool. Column blue-grey with darker longitudinal stripes about 10mm high and 10mm diameter. A small number of holes of the sort that Anthothoe albocincta have for shooting acontia threads when defending themselves. A definite collar around the top of the column when tentacles are extended. A least 200 tentacles: light orangey-brown, inner whorl of tentacles have a dark inner (brown-black) surface, the same colour as the oral disc. Inside the mouth is bright orange.
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Single individual in rockpool in lower intertidal zone, with finer tentacles than the many Anthothoe albocincta in the same pool. Column light blue-grey with darker stripes, about 11mm diameter and at least 6mm high - but it extends further when tentacles are fully extended. Tentacles pinky-orange, dark oral disc and bright orange mouth. In some views the column appears to have a narrow collar around the base of the tentacles when they are fully extended. The first photo was taken a day after the others, but all are of the same individual.
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Single individual in rockpool in lower intertidal zone, with finer tentacles than the many Anthothoe albocincta in the same pool. Column light blue-grey with darker stripes, about 11mm diameter and at least 6mm high - but it extends further when tentacles are fully extended. Tentacles pinky-orange, dark oral disc and bright orange mouth. In some views the column appears to have a narrow collar around the base of the tentacles when they are fully extended. The first photo was taken a day after the others, but all are of the same individual.
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Single individual in rockpool in lower intertidal zone, with finer tentacles than the many Anthothoe albocincta in the same pool. Column light blue-grey with darker stripes, about 11mm diameter and at least 6mm high - but it extends further when tentacles are fully extended. Tentacles pinky-orange, dark oral disc and bright orange mouth. In some views the column appears to have a narrow collar around the base of the tentacles when they are fully extended. The first photo was taken a day after the others, but all are of the same individual.
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Single individual in rockpool in lower intertidal zone, with finer tentacles than the many Anthothoe albocincta in the same pool. Column light blue-grey with darker stripes, about 11mm diameter and at least 6mm high - but it extends further when tentacles are fully extended. Tentacles pinky-orange, dark oral disc and bright orange mouth. In some views the column appears to have a narrow collar around the base of the tentacles when they are fully extended. The first photo was taken a day after the others, but all are of the same individual.
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These two anemones are in a rock pool in an area I often visit, across the the bay from the other observations I just uploaded. Here we see the larger 'catch' tentacles, which are not visible in most of my observations of this species. Probably because I'm seeing them at low tide when they're not feeding. But a very interesting aspect is that the bright orange 'lips' actually appears to be made up of those 'catch' tentacles folded into the stomach in a sort of resting position. There appears to be about 30 such tentacles.The bright orange (almost luminous) lips seem to be a feature visible in all specimens when photographing the oral disk, can be somewhat paler in white tentacled versions.
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These two anemones are in a rock pool in an area I often visit, across the the bay from the other observations I just uploaded. Here we see the larger 'catch' tentacles, which are not visible in most of my observations of this species. Probably because I'm seeing them at low tide when they're not feeding. But a very interesting aspect is that the bright orange 'lips' actually appears to be made up of those 'catch' tentacles folded into the stomach in a sort of resting position. There appears to be about 30 such tentacles.The bright orange (almost luminous) lips seem to be a feature visible in all specimens when photographing the oral disk, can be somewhat paler in white tentacled versions.
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These two anemones are in a rock pool in an area I often visit, across the the bay from the other observations I just uploaded. Here we see the larger 'catch' tentacles, which are not visible in most of my observations of this species. Probably because I'm seeing them at low tide when they're not feeding. But a very interesting aspect is that the bright orange 'lips' actually appears to be made up of those 'catch' tentacles folded into the stomach in a sort of resting position. There appears to be about 30 such tentacles.The bright orange (almost luminous) lips seem to be a feature visible in all specimens when photographing the oral disk, can be somewhat paler in white tentacled versions.
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These two anemones are in a rock pool in an area I often visit, across the the bay from the other observations I just uploaded. Here we see the larger 'catch' tentacles, which are not visible in most of my observations of this species. Probably because I'm seeing them at low tide when they're not feeding. But a very interesting aspect is that the bright orange 'lips' actually appears to be made up of those 'catch' tentacles folded into the stomach in a sort of resting position. There appears to be about 30 such tentacles.The bright orange (almost luminous) lips seem to be a feature visible in all specimens when photographing the oral disk, can be somewhat paler in white tentacled versions.