Titus77
New member
Since there is a clownfish thread that has a list of pictures and common names, I thought that it would be good to also have an anemone list and pictures thread. What do you guys/gals think?
Hosting Anemone Species:
Cryptodendrum adhaesivum (adhesive or pizza)
Entacmaea quadricolor (bulb-tentacle, BTA, or corn)
Heteractis aurora (beaded or sand)
Heteractis crispa (long tentacle, LTA, leathery, or milk)
Heteractis magnifica (magnificent, ritteri, or skunk)
Heteractis malu (sebae, delicate, or sand)
Macrodactyla doreensis (long tentacle, LTA, or corkscrew tentacle)
Stichodactyla gigantea (gigantic or carpet)
Stichodactyla haddoni (haddon's, saddleback, carpet, or sand carpet)
Stichodactyla mertensii (merten's, or spotted-base carpet)
DIFFICULT
E. quadricolor (bulb-tentacle anemone, BTA, or corn anemone)
S. haddoni (haddon's sea anemone, saddleback anemone, carpet anemone, or sand carpet)
MORE DIFFICULT
M. doreensis (long tentacle anemone, LTA, or corkscrew tentacle sea anemone)
C. adhaesivum (adhesive sea anemone or pizza anemone)
H. aurora (beaded sea anemone or sand anemone)
H. crispa (long tentacle anemone, LTA, leathery sea anemone, or milk anemone)
H. malu (sebae anemone, delicate sea anemone, or sand anemone)
MOST DIFFICULT
H. magnifica (magnificent sea anemone, ritteri, or skunk anemone)
S. gigantea (gigantic sea anemone or carpet anemone)
S. mertensii (merten's sea anemone, or spotted-base carpet)
Cryptodendrum adhaesivum
Common Names: Carpet Anemone
Place holder:
Entacmaea quadricolor
Common Names: Bubble Tipped Anemone, BTA, RBTA, GBTA, Rose Anemone
Thanks phender:
Heteractis magnifica
Common Names: Ritteri
Thanks phender
Place holder: Magnifica verrucae:
Stichodactyla gigantea
Common Names: Carpet Anemone
Thanks phender:
Stichodactyla haddoni
Common Names: Carpet Anemone, Saddle Carpet
Place holder:
Stichodactyla mertensii
Common Names: Carpet Anemone
Thanks phender:
Hosting Anemone Species:
Cryptodendrum adhaesivum (adhesive or pizza)
Entacmaea quadricolor (bulb-tentacle, BTA, or corn)
Heteractis aurora (beaded or sand)
Heteractis crispa (long tentacle, LTA, leathery, or milk)
Heteractis magnifica (magnificent, ritteri, or skunk)
Heteractis malu (sebae, delicate, or sand)
Macrodactyla doreensis (long tentacle, LTA, or corkscrew tentacle)
Stichodactyla gigantea (gigantic or carpet)
Stichodactyla haddoni (haddon's, saddleback, carpet, or sand carpet)
Stichodactyla mertensii (merten's, or spotted-base carpet)
DIFFICULT
E. quadricolor (bulb-tentacle anemone, BTA, or corn anemone)
S. haddoni (haddon's sea anemone, saddleback anemone, carpet anemone, or sand carpet)
MORE DIFFICULT
M. doreensis (long tentacle anemone, LTA, or corkscrew tentacle sea anemone)
C. adhaesivum (adhesive sea anemone or pizza anemone)
H. aurora (beaded sea anemone or sand anemone)
H. crispa (long tentacle anemone, LTA, leathery sea anemone, or milk anemone)
H. malu (sebae anemone, delicate sea anemone, or sand anemone)
MOST DIFFICULT
H. magnifica (magnificent sea anemone, ritteri, or skunk anemone)
S. gigantea (gigantic sea anemone or carpet anemone)
S. mertensii (merten's sea anemone, or spotted-base carpet)
Cryptodendrum adhaesivum
Common Names: Carpet Anemone
Place holder:
Entacmaea quadricolor
Common Names: Bubble Tipped Anemone, BTA, RBTA, GBTA, Rose Anemone
Thanks phender:
Heteractis magnifica
Common Names: Ritteri
Thanks phender
Place holder: Magnifica verrucae:
Stichodactyla gigantea
Common Names: Carpet Anemone
Thanks phender:
Stichodactyla haddoni
Common Names: Carpet Anemone, Saddle Carpet
Place holder:
Stichodactyla mertensii
Common Names: Carpet Anemone
Thanks phender:
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