#5055 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co

Bubble-tip Anemone

Entacmaea quadricolor

🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Sascha Schulz · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Alexander Vasenin · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Nhobgood · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Nhobgood · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Emily Bay, Kingston 2899, Norfolk Island:© Susan Prior · CC BY 4.0
7. Exmouth, WA, Australia:© katewolny · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Dauin, Negros Oriental, Philippines:© mgh073 · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Green Island, Lvdao Township, Taitung County, Taiwan 951:© Marisa Agarwal · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Snoopy Island - United Arab Emirates:© Dr. Benjamin Titus · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Entacmaea quadricolor , commonly called bubble-tip anemone among other vernacular names, is a species of sea anemone in the family Actiniidae. Like several anemone species, E. quadricolor can support several anemonefish species, and displays two growth types based on where they live in the water column, one of which gives it the common name, due to the bulbous tips on its tentacles.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,649iNaturalist 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).