What is this?

michael_cb_125 · 12-13-2007, 05:37 PM

Ok they are calling it a pizza anemone. They say it has a very potent sting. Is it a type of carpet?

Kinda neat looking though

Woodstock · 12-13-2007, 05:40 PM

Very pretty! But I think it eats fish and people .....

BigAl07 · 12-13-2007, 05:41 PM

I'm game

I like a good challenge

vdituri · 12-13-2007, 08:35 PM

It looks like a carpet. A beautiful one as well.

mps9506 · 12-13-2007, 09:55 PM

gonna take a stab at Stichodactyla gigantea.
It's a wild guess though...

Frankie · 12-13-2007, 10:00 PM

S. haddoni, Haddon's Carpet, Saddle Carpet Anemone - Tentacles almost always two colors, imparting a mottled appearance.

panmanmatt · 12-13-2007, 10:02 PM

Actually it is a Cryptodendrum adhaesivum. Very colorful specimen at that.

Frankie · 12-13-2007, 10:24 PM

Adhaesive sea anemone
Scientific name: Cryptodendrum adhaesivum

Large flattened anemone, with very short (5 mm) and tightly packed tentacles, extremely sticky. The disc tentacles, slightly branching (often with glove like expansions) are clearly different from the edge tentacles (bulb shaped). Highyl variable colour, brown to green at the center, sometimes striped, usually different on the border (can be white, pink, purple, green, brown). Diameter 30 cm.
Superficially similar to the other flattened anemones (Heterodactyla hemprichi, Stichodactyla gigantea, Stichodactyla haddoni. Stichodactyla mertensii). Distinctive charachters are the short and tightly packed tentacles, giving it a velvety look, ant the different colour and texture of the edge.

Associated organisms
Occasionally associated with the anemone fish Amphiprion clarkii. More often associated with shrimps like Thor amboinensis, found around the anemone, and Periclimenes brevicarpalis living in pairs on the anemone's disc.

Habitat: Reef, Reef front

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Cool Matt, I never heard of one until now. I searched for pictures and none of them look like that that i could find. But the description fits well. do you have a link to this species that you were able to identify it so quickly with?

panmanmatt · 12-13-2007, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frankie

Cool Matt, I never heard of one until now. I searched for pictures and none of them look like that that i could find. But the description fits well. do you have a link to this species that you were able to identify it so quickly with?

To be honest, I cheated at looked at LA's Diver's Den.

They have another one, just not as colorful, the one Mike posted is gone now.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden...2549&siteid=20

Frankie · 12-13-2007, 10:57 PM

what!?

mps9506 · 12-13-2007, 10:58 PM

Interesting....
The mouth is not as apparent on the photos I find via google and google images for Cryptodendrum adhaesivum.
http://www.reefimages.com/cgi-reefim...s&slide=22.jpg
http://www.reefimages.com/cgi-reefim...s&slide=23.jpg
Species: Cryptodendrum adhaesivum
http://www.starfish.ch/Fotos/cnidari...dhaesivum1.jpg

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