Urticina columbiana  (Sand-Rose Anemone)

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

© Neil McDaniel (Photo ID #74368)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location Heelboom Bay, Clayoquot Sound
Photographer Neil McDaniel
Habitat marine, subtidal
Photo Date
Upload Date December 30, 2014
Elevation (m) -20
Latitude 49.1554666666667
Longitude -125.792633333333
Photo ID # 74368
Comments Sand-rose anemone. Large to occasionally very large (up to 60 cm in diameter) anemone. Found on soft substrates where the column in usually buried. The column has distinctive raised white bumps in irregular rows. Very common in west coast Vancouver Island inlets.