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Walking along the tidepools

January 22, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

You never know what you might see walking along the tidepools. On a recent excursion I got lucky and spotted a California brown sea hare (Aplysia californica) in a little pool of water tucked amongst the rocks. My first sighting of one in the wild! I watched it eat for several minutes. It was easy… [read more]

Filed Under: Marine snails, slugs, worms, Sea jellies and anemones Tagged With: nature photography, sea anemone, sea hare, tidepool, wildlife photography

What makes a green sea anemone green?

January 8, 2013 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

What makes a green sea anemone green? It’s not green with envy, it’s green with algae! Single-celled algae living in the tissue of this sea anemone contribute in an indirect way to its brilliant green color. Green sea anemones or Anthopleura xanthogrammica enjoy the nutritional benefits gained from hosting algae through photosynthesis. In return, algae… [read more]

Filed Under: Algae, Sea jellies and anemones Tagged With: algae, sea anemone

Giant plumose anemone: Now you see it, now you don’t!

September 25, 2012 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

The first time I saw this giant plumose anemone I thought, What the heck is that? Most of the sea anemones I’ve seen have their tentacles out in all their colorful glory ready and waiting for an easy meal to swim by. So I started asking around and it turns out that sea anemones do… [read more]

Filed Under: Sea jellies and anemones Tagged With: sea anemone

Ocean fireworks in a sand-rose sea anemone

July 4, 2012 by Carolyn Kraft 3 Comments

For some brilliant color, ocean sparkle and pop, look no further than the sand-rose sea anemone or Urticina columbiana. This beauty lights up the sandy ocean floor in depths of 40 to 150 feet and lives as far north as British Columbia to as far south as Baja California. The diameter of a sand-rose anemone’s… [read more]

Filed Under: Sea jellies and anemones Tagged With: sea anemone, sea jellies

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