Different Types Of Carpet Anemones

Found outside of the reef it resides in soft muddy or sandy substrate and can attain a size of up to 3 feet in diameter.

Different types of carpet anemones.

Most anemones are sessile with a specialized foot used to anchor them in soft substrates or attach themselves to rocks and corals. Spring flowering anemones are so called because they bloom in spring. This colorful anemone is also referred to as haddon s anemone saddle anemone saddle carpet anemone or saddleback anemone. Silvery pink flowers decorate the plant in late summer and early autumn.

Those with very dangerous stings are the stinging sea anemones belonging to the family actinodendronidae. Mature height of the tall plant is about 3 feet. Some anemones with strong stings are the carpet anemones in the cryptodendrum genus previously stoichactis and the heteractis genus condy anemones in the condylactis genus tube anemones in the pachycerianthus genus. Adhesive anemone cryptodendrum adhaesivum this type of anemone is sometimes sold as the pizza anemone because it has rounded ridged edges that resemble a pizza crust.

They have 120 species with three main types. Spring flowering tuberous mediterranean and fall flowering. The adhesive anemone is very unique in appearance but it does have a potent sting it may not do much harm to humans but it can be dangerous for certain tank inhabitants. Grecian windflower is available in shades of sky blue pink white or reddish purple depending on the variety.

Grecian windflower this tuberous anemone displays a thick mat of fuzzy leaves. The haddon s carpet anemone lives singly in the shallow waters of the indo pacific and red sea.