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
Latitude	49.3769166666667
Longitude	-123.28925
Photo ID #	74370
Comments	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.