Ron Greer, Australien
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Edwardsia vivipara is a solitary and endemic sea anemone that only occurs in southern Australia and has at least 12 tentacles.
A good feature for recognizing the small sea anemone is the light grey oral disc and the light grey tentacles with dark grey bands.
As a rule, the tentacles and the oral disk lie flat on the sand, the entire body column, which can be up to cm long, is completely buried.
This species has a modified pedal disk at the base of the column called the "physa". It expands and enables the animal to anchor itself in soft sediments.
Synonym: Edwardsioides vivipara Carlgren, 1950
We would like to thank Ron Greer from South Australia, for the photo of the sea anemone Edwardsia vivipara (see also https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/51607886).
A good feature for recognizing the small sea anemone is the light grey oral disc and the light grey tentacles with dark grey bands.
As a rule, the tentacles and the oral disk lie flat on the sand, the entire body column, which can be up to cm long, is completely buried.
This species has a modified pedal disk at the base of the column called the "physa". It expands and enables the animal to anchor itself in soft sediments.
Synonym: Edwardsioides vivipara Carlgren, 1950
We would like to thank Ron Greer from South Australia, for the photo of the sea anemone Edwardsia vivipara (see also https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/51607886).
