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Gem Anemone

🇳🇱 Edelsteenanemoon ·Bunodactis verrucosa

🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in Europe, not in NL

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Lou Wagstaffe · CC BY 4.0
2. © Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Martin Genner · CC0
4. © Pascal GIRARD · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Michiel Vos · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Heikel B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © National Museums Northern Ireland and its licensors · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. © Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © David Gil · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Aulactinia verrucosa , the gem anemone , is a species of sea anemone in the family Actiniidae. It is found on rocky coasts in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, North Sea and Mediterranean Sea.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,118iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).