Sea Anemones

The Ogden Point Breakwater in Victoria is a fantastic dive site, and where I saw this large red tentacled fish eating anemone (Urticina piscivora).  This [...]

It was fantastic to see this huge white tentacled fish eating anemone (Urticina piscivora) attached to the rocks on a dive.  This anemone has a [...]

It was interesting finding this stubby rose anemone (Urticina clandestina) with part of its colourful column exposed.  A speckled sanddab decided to photobomb the shot [...]

This painted anemone (Urticina crassicornis) looked impressive as it was fully extended with bright colouration.  The painted anemone has a wide colour range including red-green [...]

When I first saw this twelve-tentacled burrowing anemone (Halcampa crypta) I thought it was a type of worm as it behaves in a very similar [...]

This striking orange giant plumose anemone (Metridium farcimen) really caught my eye near Victoria, BC.  Plumose anemones are stationary animals that prefer to be located [...]

These orange giant plumose anemone tentacles (Metridium farcimen) seem very delicate, but are perfect for collecting food from the surrounding water.  Plumose anemones are stationary [...]

These strawberry anemones (Corynactis californica) looked amazing as they carpeted vast rocky expanses of our dive site near Campbell River.  Strawberry anemones are plankton feeders [...]

These fine tentacles of a white giant plumose anemone (Metridium farcimen) seem very delicate but are perfect for collecting food from the surrounding water.  Plumose [...]

These white giant plumose anemones (Metridium farcimen) are stationary animals that prefer to be located in a mild current, and can often be found in [...]