Species Gallery (Anthozoa)
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Actinauge richardi specimen showing column.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
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Actinauge richardi, tentacles retracted.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
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Close up of tentacles of Actinauge richardi.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
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Brilliant red Actinia equina.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
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Actinia equina
Copyright: Sue Daly
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Actinia equina showing blue acrorhagi.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Actinia fragacea with tentacles outstretched.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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A closed Actinia equina individual at low tide.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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A macro image of an anemone on rocky substratum
Copyright: Sue Daly
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An Actinia equina attached to the substratum.
Copyright: MarLIN
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Brown morph of Actinia equina.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
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Closed Actinia equina individuals on an overhang.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Five closed Actinia equina individuals at low tide.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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The beadlet anemone Actinia equina with characteristic blue acrorhagi.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
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Wall of Actinia equina in the Gouliot Caves, Sark, Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly
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Actinia fragacea hanging off rock at Divers Beach, Lundy.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Actinia fragacea in rock pool.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Actinia fragacea taken in Wales.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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A closed Actinia fragacea specimen.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Close-up image of expanded strawberry anemone, Actinia fragacea.
Copyright: Dave Peake
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Contracted Actinia fragacea above water.
Copyright: Holly Latham
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Entire Actinia fragacea with tentacles retracted.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Withdrawn Actinia fragacea individual, Wales.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Actinothoe sphyrodeta showing the 'fried egg' colour morph on the wreck of the Mohegan at the Manacles, Cornwall.
Copyright: Robert Keen
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Actinothoe sphyrodeta Penryn Reef, Manacles, southwest Cornwall.
Copyright: Robert Keen
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Actinothoe sphyrodeta showing striped column, at Doune, Scotland.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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A partially-retracted white sandalled anemone, showing column and tentacles.
Copyright: John Hepburn
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A white sandalled anemone, showing column and tentacles.
Copyright: John Hepburn
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White Actinothoe sphyrodeta at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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White Actinothoe sphyrodeta at Firestone Bay, Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Aquarium photograph of Adamsia palliata on Pagurus prideaux.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Adamsia palliata on a hermit crab at Porthkerris Reef, south Cornwall.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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Adamsia palliata on a hermit crab at the Breakwater Fort in the Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Adamsia palliata on hermit crab.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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A colony of Aiptasia couchii.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Aiptasia couchii at Knoll Pins, Lundy Island.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Entire individual with other smaller anemones around.
Copyright: Sue Daly
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Lone, olive green Aiptasia couchii.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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Dense bed of Alcyonium digitatum.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Alcyonium digitatum
Copyright: Gordon Lang
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Alcyonium digitatum - close-up of polyps.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Alcyonium digitatum under an overhang at low tide - close up view.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Alcyonium digitatum under an overhang at low tide.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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A group of Alcyonium digitatum colonies in the Firth of Lorn.
Copyright: Gordon Lang
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Colonies of brown Alcyonium digitatum with polyps withdrawn.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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The polyps of dead man's fingers Alcyonium digitatum.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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White dead man's fingers, Mew Stone, Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Alcyonium glomeratum on the Manacles, southwest Cornwall.
Copyright: Robert Keen
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Alcyonium glomeratum against a black background.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Alcyonium glomeratum showing open and closed polyps in the Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly
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Close up of Alcyonium glomeratum expanded polyps at Hand Deeps, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Close up of Alcyonium glomeratum polyps in the Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly
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Close up of Alcyonium glomeratum polyps, at Hand Deeps, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Red sea fingers.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Small colony of Alcyonium hibernicum on cave wall.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Alcyonium hibernicum with a diameter of 6 cm, at Knoll Pins on Lundy Island.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Sea fan anemone on Eunicella verrucosa.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Amphianthus dohrnii polyps on branches of sea fan.
Copyright: Chris Wood
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Amphianthus dohrnii in the Scilly Isles.
Copyright: Robert Keen
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Group of sea fan anemones on Eunicella verrucosa.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Anemonia viridis.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
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Anemone viridis amongst Dilsea carnosa at Porthkerris, Cornwall.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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Anemonia viridis
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Anemonia viridis attached to eelgrass.
Copyright: Jack Sewell
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Green and pink-tipped Anemonia viridis at low tide.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Group of Anemonia viridis at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Snakelocks anemone in rockpool.
Copyright: Dr Charlotte Marshall
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Tentacles of Anemonia viridis.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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A variety of Anthopleura ballii with a green disc and tentacles, showing speckled column.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Anthopleura ballii on a sublittoral seabed.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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Anthopleura ballii on sediment covered rock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Anthopleura ballii spawning
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Anthopleura ballii.
Copyright: Mark Thomas
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Anthopleura thallia in a shallow rockpool.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Dense Anthopleura thallia in a sandy rockpool.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Arachnanthus sarsi with tentacles outstretched.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
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The gem anemone, Aulactinia verrucosa, in south west Guernsey.
Copyright: Richard Lord
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A gem anemone.
Copyright: Tabitha Pearman
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Adult Aulactinia verrucosa with juvenile.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Closed and open gem anemones.
Copyright: Richard Lord
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The gem anemone, Aulactinia verrucosa, of the west coast of Guernsey.
Copyright: Richard Lord
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Retracted Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) regia.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) regia, Ilfracombe.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) regia, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Five Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) regia on rock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Scarlet and gold star coral at Thorn Rock, Skomer.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Individual photographed in Trondheim Fjord, Norway.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Bolocera tuediae on rocky substratum
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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Two anemones on Buccinum shell. Aquarium photograph.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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A parasitic anemone on the claw of the edible crab, Cancer pagurus.
Copyright: Matthew Jeanes
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Two Calliactis parasitica anemones associated with a hermit crab on the sand in the Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly
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Oral view of Capnea sanguinea amongst gravel.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Capnea sanguinea (red) amongst pebbles and brittlestars.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Capnea sanguinea on the sea floor.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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Capnea sanguinea.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Close up of Caryophyllia inornata.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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A few Caryophyllia inornata on rock surface.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
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Devonshire cup coral, Caryophyllia smithii at Strome Narrows, Loch Carron, Scotland.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Caryophyllia smithii
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Caryophyllia smithii in Doune, Scotland.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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Caryophyllia smithii on the Manalces, south-west Cornwall.
Copyright: Robert Keen
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Caryophyllia smithii on the wreck of the Rosehill, south Devon.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Devonshire cup coral, Caryophyllia smithii.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Lone Caryophyllia smithii on a rock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Cataphellia brodricii.
Copyright: Marco Faasse
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Two individuals of Cereus pedunculatus.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Cereus pedunculatus almost hidden amongst seaweed on a gravel bed.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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Cereus pedunculatus on cobbles.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Cereus pedunculatus.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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A Cereus pedunculatus anemone surrounded by Corynactis viridis anemones.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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A group of daisy anemones found near a Zostera noltei seagrass bed.
Copyright: John Hepburn
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Daisy anemones in sediment
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Cerianthus lloydii on sandy substrata in Loch Fyne, Scotland.
Copyright: Prof. Jason Hall-Spencer
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Cerianthus lloydii.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Cerianthus lloydii.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Cerianthus lloydii.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Arachnactis larva of Cerianthus lloydii from the plankton.
Copyright: Paul Tranter
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Lone Cerianthus lloydii on a sandy seabed in Doune.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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Close up of green and orange Corynactis viridis in the Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly
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Corynactis viridis at Doune, Scotland.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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Corynactis viridis on Penryn Reef, Manacles, southwest Cornwall.
Copyright: Robert Keen
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Corynactis viridis on the hull of the wreck of the City of Westminster, Manacles, southwest Cornwall.
Copyright: Robert Keen
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Corynactis viridis on the wreck of the Mohegan at the Manacles, southwest Cornwall.
Copyright: Robert Keen
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Corynactis viridis.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Close up of Corynactis viridis at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Close up view of Corynactis viridis at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Cylista elegans var. miniata at the Scilly Isles.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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Cylista elegans
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Cylista elegans var. nivea in Lyme Bay, Devon.
Copyright: Robert Keen
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Cylista elegans var. nivia with encrusting an sponge on Hat Rock, Plymouth .
Copyright: Robert Keen
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Cylista elegans var. rosea with Alcyonium digitatum in the Isles of Scilly.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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Cylista elegans var. venusta on the wreck of the Scylla, Whitsand Bay, Cornwall.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Cylista elegans var. rosea on the wreck of the Scylla, Whitsand Bay, Cornwall.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Close up of Cylista elegans.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Orange-centred Cylista elegans with clear white spots on the column.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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A sea anemone Cylista lacerata.
Copyright: Paul Naylor
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Aquarium photograph of individual from Firestone Bay, Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Cylista undata on sandy sublittoral sediment.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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Two Cylista undata anemones adjacent to bivalve siphons.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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Two Cylista undata anemones adjacent to bivalve siphons.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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Diadumene cincta.
Copyright: Marco Faasse
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An orange-striped anemone at Porthallow, showing striped orange scaphus.
Copyright: Matthew Jeanes
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Edwardsiella carnea.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
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The zoanthid sea anemone Epizoanthus couchii.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Epizoanthus couchii at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Cluster of Epizoanthus couchii at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Two fans of Eunicella verrucosa showing the two morphs, pink and white.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Eunicella verrucosa on the wreck of the Persier, south Devon.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Eunicella verrucosa.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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A white sea fan amongst pink fans on the wreck of the Persier, Bigbury Bay.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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Close up of Eunicella verrucosa with polyps extended at Hand Deeps, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Close up of the extended polyps of Eunicella verrucosa on Hand Deeps, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Mermaids purse (dogfish egg) wrapped around Eunicella verrucosa at the Dartmouth Mewstone in south Devon.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Necrotic example of Eunicella verrucosa at the Mewstone, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Necrotic Eunicella verrucosa.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Small sea fan at the Mewstone, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Funiculina quadrangularis, tall sea pen.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
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A number of Funiculina quadrangularis embedded in sediment
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
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Diver and the tall sea pen Funiculina quadrangularis at ca 20 m depth in Loch Duich
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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The tall sea pen Funiculina quadrangularis at 20 m depth in Loch Duich.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Lone Halcampa chrysanthellum on the seabed.
Copyright: Lin Baldock
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Taken on a night dive, Halcampoides abyssorum retracting back into the gravel on the south side of at Knoll Pins, Lundy.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Halcampoides purpureus at Knoll Pins, Lundy Island.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Colony Hoplangia durotrix on the Wreck of the Rosehill at 24 meters depth below chart datum.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Hoplangia durotrix with cup corals at Lundy.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Colonies of the Weymouth carpet coral Hoplangia durotrix in a gulley, Southampton.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Pair of Hormathia coronata individuals on a mixed substratum.
Copyright: Lin Baldock
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Isozoanthus sulcatus colony in typical habitat of silty rock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Leptopsammia pruvoti.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Leptopsammia pruvoti
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Leptopsammia pruvoti eggs / larvae at water surface in aquarium.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Leptopsammia pruvoti in the Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly
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Group of sunset cup corals Leptopsammia pruvoti on vertical rock at depth 30 m, Plymouth Sound old cliff-line.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Oral view of Leptopsammia pruvoti.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Sunset cup coral Leptopsammia pruvoti group on vertical rock below overhang at the Knoll Pins, Lundy.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Sunset cup coral Leptopsammia pruvoti on vertical rock on submerged cliff-line offshore of Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Typical group of the solitary coral Leptopsammia pruvoti.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Lophelia pertusa photographed in 1971
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
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Polyps of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa.
Copyright: Dr Murray Roberts
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Close up of the skeletal framework of a Lophelia pertusa colony.
Copyright: Dan Lear
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Close up the skeletal cups (corallites) of Lophelia pertusa.
Copyright: Dan Lear
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Colony of Lophelia pertusa from Mingulay Reef complex.
Copyright: Dr Murray Roberts
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Skeleton of a small colony of Lophelia pertusa.
Copyright: Dan Lear
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Mesacmaea mitchelli in muddy gravel.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Mesacmaea mitchelli in muddy sand at ca 8 m below chart datum
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Close up of Metridium senile on Raglan Reef, Manacles, south-west Cornwall.
Copyright: Robert Keen
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Metridium senile in Scapa Flow, Orkneys.
Copyright: Robert Keen
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Metridium senile seemingly 'on the move', HMS Scylla.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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Metridium senile showing catch tentacles
Copyright: Dylan Jones
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Metridium senile with tentacles retracted, surrounded by brittlestars
Copyright: Julian Madle
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Metridium senile.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Metridium senile.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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A plumose anemone colony.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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Pink and white Metridium senile.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Plumose anemone on a cable.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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White and orange Metridium senile
Copyright: Gordon Lang
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Nematostella vectensis, one individual removed from the substratum.
Copyright: Dennis R. Seaward
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Individual with out-stretched tentacles.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
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Pachycerianthus multiplicatuson rocky substratum
Copyright: Sue Daly
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A fireworks anemone Pachycerianthus multiplicatus from Loch Duich Head with tentacles outstretched.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Centre of Pachycerianthus multiplicatus against a black background.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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Retracted Pachycerianthus multiplicatus against a black background.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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The fireworks anemone Pachycerianthus multiplicatus with tentacles outstretched.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Parazoanthus anguicomus on dead Eunicella verrucosa at Coopers Cliff off shore Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Parazoanthus anguicomus.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Close up of Parazoanthus anguicomus at Doune, Scotland.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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Close up of Parazoanthus anguicomus on the Manacles, southwest Cornwall.
Copyright: Robert Keen
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Clump of Parazoanthus anguicomus.
Copyright: Paul Naylor
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White creeping anemone Parazoanthus anguicomus on rock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Cluster of Parazoanthus axinellae polyps.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Parazoanthus axinellae
Copyright: Paul Newland
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Parazoanthus axinellae on Coopers Cliff off shore Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Parazoanthus axinellae on rock face at Lundy Island.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Close up of Parazoanthus axinellae polyps in the Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly
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Peachia cylindrica anemone and maerl.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Peachia cylindrica
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Peachia cylindrica buried in coarse sand.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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Peachia cylindrica larvae.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
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Peachia cylindrica on a gravel bed.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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Pennatula phosphorea and Turritella communis in muddy sediment.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
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Close-up view of Pennatula phosphorea.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
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Group of individuals.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
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Protanthea simplex.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Protanthea simplex at Stome Narrows in Loch Carron, Scotland.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Protanthea simplex at Stome Narrows in Loch Carron, Scotland.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Protanthea simplex surrounded by brittle stars.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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A collection of anemones amongst Sabella pavonina.
Copyright: Gordon Lang
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A sea loch anemone.
Copyright: Gordon Lang
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The sealoch anemone Protanthea simplex.
Copyright: Marine Conservation Society (MCS)
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The worm anemone Scolanthus callimorphus.
Copyright: Marco Faasse
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A group of sea fans.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
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Swiftia pallida surrounded by coral polyps.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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A northern sea fan.
Copyright: Gordon Lang
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Urticina felina at Scapa Flow, Orkneys.
Copyright: Robert Keen
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Urticina felina
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Urticina felina
Copyright: Cathal McNaughton
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Urticina felina
Copyright: Cathal McNaughton
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Urticina felina
Copyright: Julian Madle
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Urticina felina (showing colour variation between the two)
Copyright: Julian Madle
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Urticina felina column showing verrucae.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Urticina felina.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Urticina felina.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Urticina felina.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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A blue colour morph of Urticina felina.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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Closed Urticina felina.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Group of Urticina felina.
Copyright: Paul Naylor
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The dahlia anemone Urticina felina fully retracted. Column showing characteristic warts (verrucae) and adherent debris.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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Sea pens, Virgularia mirabilis extending from muddy sediment.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Virgularia mirabilis embedded in sediment.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Virgularia mirabilis embedded in sediment; 5 colonies shown.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
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Stem and polyps of Virgularia mirabilis.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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