Plumose Anemones
Metridium senile

f16 @ 1/60s, ASA 63, Ektachrome 64 slide film, Nikonos II w 35mm and Nikon close up lens, Oceanic 2000 flash and Ikeltie 225 slave flash


"Metridium senile," Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The base of Metridium senile is considerably wider than the column and is attached to rock or another substrate. The column is long, smooth and cylindrical, of a fleshy consistency with a slimy surface lubricated with mucus. There are no warts or suckers and the column is topped by a parapet and deep groove. The oral disc is broad and deeply lobed into several curving sections that overhang the column. The slender, pointed tentacles are very numerous in larger specimens though fewer and relatively longer in smaller ones.
Narragansett Bay, Narragansett, Rhode Island
 
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