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Giant Anemone

Condylactis gigantea

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

1. © Pablo A. Arias Cid · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © sea-kangaroo · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Sean Nash · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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5. © LASZLO ILYES · CC BY 4.0
6. © Kerry Lewis · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Sarita Claudia Frontana Uribe · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © ozarkhoney · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Kerry Lewis · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Condylactis gigantea is a tropical species of ball anemone that is found in shallow reefs and other shallow inshore areas in the Caribbean Sea – more specifically the West Indies – and the western Atlantic Ocean including southern Florida through the Florida Keys. It is also commonly known as: giant Caribbean sea anemone, giant golden anemone, condylactis anemone, Haitian anemone, pink-tipped anemone, purple-tipped anemone, and Florida condy. This species can easily be seen growing in lagoons...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,459iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,459 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by David Friedrich Weinland in 1860 (166 years ago).