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Anthopleura artemisia (Pickering in Dana, 1846)
Burrowing Green Anemone; Moonglow Anemone
Family: Actiniidae
Introduction to the Sea Anemones of BC

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© Aaron Baldwin     (Photo ID #6173)

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Distribution of Anthopleura artemisia in British Columbia in British Columbia

Introduction


Common in shallow water and up to 10 cm in diameter. Usually green in colour with conspicuous white bands along each tentacle. Hosts a symbiotic green alga which gives it the green colour. Lives buried in soft sediments up to the level of the oral disc.

Note Author: Neil McDaniel

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Origin StatusProvincial StatusBC List
(Red Blue List)		COSEWIC
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