Different Types Of Carpet Anemones

Grecian windflower is available in shades of sky blue pink white or reddish purple depending on the variety.

Different types of carpet anemones.

Most anemones are sessile with a specialized foot used to anchor them in soft substrates or attach themselves to rocks and corals. Use caution when introducing anemones into a reef aquarium however as some species are quite mobile and may sting and damage live corals. Spring flowering tuberous mediterranean and fall flowering. Adhesive anemone cryptodendrum adhaesivum this type of anemone is sometimes sold as the pizza anemone because it has rounded ridged edges that resemble a pizza crust.

Those with very dangerous stings are the stinging sea anemones belonging to the family actinodendronidae. The adhesive anemone is very unique in appearance but it does have a potent sting it may not do much harm to humans but it can be dangerous for certain tank inhabitants. Grecian windflower this tuberous anemone displays a thick mat of fuzzy leaves. Mature height of the tall plant is about 3 feet.

They have 120 species with three main types. Found outside of the reef it resides in soft muddy or sandy substrate and can attain a size of up to 3 feet in diameter. Some anemones with strong stings are the carpet anemones in the cryptodendrum genus previously stoichactis and the heteractis genus condy anemones in the condylactis genus tube anemones in the pachycerianthus genus. This colorful anemone is also referred to as haddon s anemone saddle anemone saddle carpet anemone or saddleback anemone.

The haddon s carpet anemone lives singly in the shallow waters of the indo pacific and red sea. Tuberous mediterranean anemones bloom during the spring and summer while fall flowering anemones bloom in late summer to fall and have fibrous roots.