What kind of anemone...?

[RcToners]

What kind of anemone is this? The LFS has it for sale as a "maroon anemone" which I don't think is right.

 

[2Addicted]

sebae anemone

 

[bues0022]

Maroon anemone? Haha! I've never heard that one before. I can't tell myself, but then again I'm mostly a BTA nut (and it doesn't look like one of those).

 

[davocean]

Looks like a nice healthy sebae/crispa

 

[SwampyBill]

+3 for very healthy sebae/crispa. I've had mine for over a year, & it looked exactly like that when I bought it. My b/w occi's love their home-esp. since it's more than doubled in size since I got it--talk about an upgrade... One of the LFS here had a lavender-ish/maroon one awhile back & called it a maroon too. Occasionally run across them, but don't know if they're dyed or not.

 

[jeff@zina.com]

Yeah, that's a sebae. My LFS has a tendency to list a lot of these by whatever was on the shipping list, and a lot of shippers seem to just list the color, so seeing it as a "Maroon" is understandable. The only problem is they tend to list a bleached out one as "White." While there are "white" sebaes, they aren't really pure white like the ones my LFS has for a very short time...

FWIW, Petco locally has had a few of these, and surprisingly good color and shape. Hate to think how many are bought by those unprepared to feed and keep it. Personally, I like sebaes better than bubble tips or most other anemones, but they aren't the easiest to keep.

Jeff

 

[elegance coral]

Looks like malu to me. Can you get a shot of the underside?

 

[OrionN]

It could be either Malu or Crispa. Hard to tell them apart. If it get really big then it is a Crispa if it stay small even with a lot of feeding then it is a Malu (spawned at size of about 6-8 inches)

 

[elegance coral]

Another way to tell them apart is their foot or column. Crispa has very thick leathery tissue on the column, and a large foot. Malu has much more delicate tissue and a skinny little foot.

 

[OrionN]

Another way to tell them apart is their foot or column. Crispa has very thick leathery tissue on the column, and a large foot. Malu has much more delicate tissue and a skinny little foot.

I keep both. I cannot tell them apart other then how big they get. Thye both sand bed anemone. All you can see is near their top anyway.