General Description

Body covered in orange to brown, striped sacs like bubbles. Tentacles lighter, yellow-orange. Up to 25 cm long.

Biology

Swimming Anemones feed at night. Their common name is somewhat misleading because they do not swim - they move a little by a side-to-side motion, but principally rely on rolling or tumbling with the tide and wave surges to find places to settle and attach to the seafloor.

Habitat

Algae and seagrasses, stranded in lower intertidal areas, to depth of 10 m.

Reefs

Seagrass meadows

Coastal shores

Distribution guide

Southern Australia.

Species Group

Anemones

Depth

Shore (0-1 m)
Shallow (1-30 m)

Water Column

On or near sea floor

Max Size

25 cm

Diet

Carnivore

Commercial Species

No

Global Dispersal

Native to Australia

Identify

• Anemones

Conservation Status

• DSE Advisory List : Not listed
• EPBC Act 1999 : Not listed
• IUCN Red List : Not listed