Urticina piscivora  (Fish-Eating Anemone)

© Neil McDaniel (Photo ID #74365)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	Chrow Islands, Barkley Sound
Photographer	Neil McDaniel
Habitat	marine, subtidal
Photo Date
Upload Date	December 30, 2014
Elevation (m)	-20
Latitude	48.91025
Longitude	-125.472533333333
Photo ID #	74365
Comments	Fish-eating anemone. A large (to 30 cm diameter) anemone. Powerful stinging cells in the tentacles reportedly enable it to capture small fishes that blunder into the anemone. Deep maroon column. Open coast habitats. Often found on the tops of large boulders.