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Anemone, Wandering

Phlytenactis tuberculosa

Invertebrate

Cnidaria

Anthozoa

Actiniidae

Rocky Reef Subtidal
Rocky Reef Subtidal
Rocky Shore Intertidal
Rocky Shore Intertidal

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



Quite different from most other anemone species - it does not permanently attach its basal disc but moves about by crawling or drifting. The column is straight and covered with hundreds of tiny vesicles that resemble warts.


Known throughout New Zealand but is more common in the South and especially at Stewart island. Low intertidal to subtidal.


Predator.








Coastal Marine Inverts Vol 1