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Anemone, Giant Shore

Oulactis magna

Kōtore Tino Nui

Oulactis magna
Anemone,Giant Shore

Invertebrate

Cnidaria

Anthozoa

Actiniidae

Rocky Shore Intertidal
Rocky Shore Intertidal

Feeding:
Predator
Predator
Distribution:
New Zealand
New Zealand
Edibility:
Inedible
Inedible
Size:
Hand Sized
Hand Sized



The body is usually encrusted with sand. The disc is wide and all brown, green, pink or blue. The tentacles are usually a different colour from blue, mauve, orange or white.


Found in the bottom of tidal pools where sand has collected on exposed shores.


Predator.



Endemic to New Zealand.



NZ Coastal Marine Invertebrates; Vol 1