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M a c r o d a c t y l a . d o r e e n s i s
Rare?
The rarest Anemone based on distribution alone. Rarely photographed, though usually with A.clarkii. One of my favourites.
Other Names Corkscrew Tentacle Sea Anemone, Actinia doreensis, Macrodatyla gelam, Radianthus malu, H.gelam.
Native To Thin belt from Rykkyu Islands (southern Japan), through the Philippines, Irian Jaya, Solomon Islands and the GBR/Coral Sea. Some photographic evidence also places this anemone in the Red Sea, as a small solitary anemone. (pink form).
Anemonefish A.chrysogaster, A.clarkii (sometimes green forms), A.perideraion, A.polymnus (sometimes purple form), A.bicinctus (Red Sea) mostly pink form with tentacles very corkscrew-like.
Size Medium. Long tentacles sprout from a flattened oral disc, the inside of which is commonly striped (usually a colour and white). The tentacles are sparser than most Anemones and about 175mm long. Most taper to a point, albeit a fairly blunt point. The oral disc can be up to 500mm but usually smaller. Found in sediment and mud, usually no deeper than 5 metres. Can retract completely.
Variants One of the more prettiest anemones because of the way the long tentacles flow from the usually striped base. Some variants have extremely tight curled tentacles (Red Sea, etc), whilst others have long tentacles that twist or bend only 80% of the tentacle (particularly those in South East Asia). The column itself if often orange or red, but buried in the sediment. Common colours are purplish, grey, brown, and occasionally a green casting, pink, all with white striping on the inner oral disc. A variant in Lembeh Straits, Indonesia is white with a darker stripe up the middle making the tentacle appear flat. Tentacle tips often a lighter shade.
FIELD NOTES A distinct Anemone with long tentacles (175mm long) with tenatcles being thin but tapering to a blunt pointed tip. Looks a bit like spagetti or pasta all mixed up. Sometimes there is spotting (white) or striping on the tentacles like in H.crispa.
Can sometimes be confused with E.quadricolor which, in some cases, has a similarly exposed column with light coloured bands. E.quadricolor however, has bulbs or tips that are fatter than the tentacle.
Most photographs of this species of Anemone are taken in and around Philippine or Indonesian waters.
From Above: Anemonefish A.chrysogaster, A.clarkii (sometimes green forms), A.perideraion, A.polymnus (sometimes purple form), A.bicinctus (Red Sea) mostly pink form with tentacles very corkscrew-like.
My Maroon is hosting it, is this normal?
Ryan
