Telia felina
Tealia felina

f16 @ 1/60s, ASA 64, Ektachrome 64 slide film, Nikonos II w 28mm and Nikon close up lens, Oceanic flash and Ikelite slave flash

"Dahlia Anemone," Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The base is up to 120 mm across and firmly adherent to the rock. Deep sea specimens are usually larger than inshore ones. The column is usually shorter than its diameter and its surface is covered in verrucae. There is a parapet at the top where the verrucae tend to be organised into rows. The verrucae usually have bits of gravel and debris attached to them and the contracted anemone has the appearance of a rounded hummock of gravel. The disc is not broader than the parapet and has up to 160 short tentacles arranged in multiples of ten. The colour is very variable; some individuals have a red column with green blotches, grey verrucae and greyish banded tentacles; others have a red column and disc with grey verrucae and white tentacles. The tentacles are often banded and in many individuals there are thin red lines on the disc visible between the tentacles.

Jeffreys Ledge, Gulf of Maine

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