Description: English: Sea Anemones,Anthopleura elegantissima are engaged in a clone war for the w:territory. The white tentacles are fighting tentacles. They are called acrorhagi. The acrorhagi contain concentration of stinging cells. After war ends one of Sea Anemone, should move. Sea Anemones look as plants, but they are animals and they are predators. The image was taken in Northern Californiaw:Tide pools. Date: 2008. Source: Own work. Author: Brocken Inaglory. Other versions: . Camera location 37° 30′ 13″ N, 122° 30′ 04″ W: View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth: 37.503611; -122.501111.
Description: English: Anthopleura elegantissima - aggregating anemone Location: Laguna Beach, CA, USA The tide was low and the animal was a few inches underwater when the photograph was taken from above the water. There are mussels(probably Mytilus californaius) and a hermit crab in the pictue. Identification: This anemone has stripes on the oral disks and tentacles with colored tips. These are characteristics that can be used to distinguish it from A. xanthogrammica as per the site linked to below. http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/A/Anthopleura_elegantissima/. Date: 4 October 2009. Source: Own work. Author: Davefoc.