marc price
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here is a link to the picture http://www.nhm.ku.edu/inverts/ebooks/img0080.jpg
christina, i don't think you're correct about the striation's.
my last H. crispa had light straw colored tentacles which were solid in color as you describe yours to be. my current sebae developed (started out solid), the striations on darker honey colored tentacles of the same color as the oral disc. if your observation is correct my current sebae would be H. malu. i'm still not sure, but for other reasons.
i previously said live aquaria has had a few pic's of what they called H. crispa which were large with long striated tentacles, as have some of the larger H. crispa pictures which have been posted on this forum (do a search).
one characteristic of dan's anemone as well as my current sebae which could point to H. malu is the different color (shade) of the top of the column,s underside of the oral disc. H. malu's is violet-brown because of zooxanthellae. another would be the short length of their tentacles although that could be size related. i'll have to wait and see. my sebae's oral disc is currently ~ 6.5" and the longest tentacles are about 2.5". my last sebae had a 12"-15" oral disc /4" adv. straw colored tentacles on a violet/grey oral disc. it's column was more consistent with the overall white grey color although it too was slightly violet geryish at the top. so i don't know, perhaps phender will chime in ...
christina, i don't think you're correct about the striation's.
my last H. crispa had light straw colored tentacles which were solid in color as you describe yours to be. my current sebae developed (started out solid), the striations on darker honey colored tentacles of the same color as the oral disc. if your observation is correct my current sebae would be H. malu. i'm still not sure, but for other reasons.
i previously said live aquaria has had a few pic's of what they called H. crispa which were large with long striated tentacles, as have some of the larger H. crispa pictures which have been posted on this forum (do a search).
one characteristic of dan's anemone as well as my current sebae which could point to H. malu is the different color (shade) of the top of the column,s underside of the oral disc. H. malu's is violet-brown because of zooxanthellae. another would be the short length of their tentacles although that could be size related. i'll have to wait and see. my sebae's oral disc is currently ~ 6.5" and the longest tentacles are about 2.5". my last sebae had a 12"-15" oral disc /4" adv. straw colored tentacles on a violet/grey oral disc. it's column was more consistent with the overall white grey color although it too was slightly violet geryish at the top. so i don't know, perhaps phender will chime in ...
