Daisy Anemone

Cereus pedunculatus

• Group: Anemone

The daisy anemone sits buried in sediment with only its ring of tentacles showing, spread out like petals in shallow rock pools. It carries its young inside the body before releasing them, and lives a solitary life in the shallows.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hexacorallia › Actiniaria › Sagartiidae › Cereus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 100987.