Urticina grebelnyi  (Painted Anemone)

Photo of Urticina grebelnyi by <a href="http://www.seastarsofthepacificnorthwest.info/">Neil McDaniel</a>

© Neil McDaniel (Photo ID #74367)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location Sechelt Rapids, Jervis Inlet
Photographer Neil McDaniel
Habitat marine, intertidal and subtidal
Photo Date
Upload Date December 30, 2014
Elevation (m) -10
Latitude 49.73955
Longitude -123.899183333333
Photo ID # 74367
Comments Painted anemone. A large anemone (to 20 cm in diameter). Common along the coast, but especially abundant in current-swept channels such as Sechelt Rapids, where it forms expansive carpets of hundreds of closely-packed individuals. Quite variable in colour.