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Anthopleura artemisia
(Burrowing Green Anemone)
©
Neil McDaniel
(Photo ID #74370)
Photographer's Submitted Details
Photo Location
Lookout Point, Howe Sound
Photographer
Neil McDaniel
Habitat
marine, intertidal and subtidal
Photo Date
Upload Date
December 30, 2014
Elevation (m)
-5
UTM Zone #
Latitude
49.3769166666667
UTM Easting
Longitude
-123.28925
UTM Northing
Photo ID #
74370
Notes
Buried anemone. 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.
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