Plumose Anemone
Metridium senile

f22 @ 1/60s, ASA 25, Kodachrome 25 slide film, Nikonos II w 35mm and 1:3 extension tube, Ikelite 225 flash and aluminum flash reflector

"Metridium senile," Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Metridium senile, or frilled anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Metridiidae. As a member of the genus Metridium, it is a type of plumose anemone and is found in the seas off north-western Europe and both the east and west coasts of North America. M. senile is a predator and catches small organisms floating past in the current. Its diet largely consists of copepods, worm larvae, mollusc larvae, ascidian larvae, amphipods and barnacle larvae.

Narragansett Bay, Narragansett, Rhode Island

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