Sipunculid Anemone

Edwardsia sipunculoides

• Group: Anemone

The sipunculid anemone buries its long body in sandy and muddy bottoms with only its crown of tentacles exposed at the surface. It is a patient ambush hunter, seizing urchins, snails, clams and crustaceans that wander within reach of its sting.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hexacorallia › Actiniaria › Edwardsiidae › Edwardsia

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 158241.