Moonglow Anemone - Green color morph

http://www.wallawalla.edu/academics/departments/biology/rosario/inverts/Cnidaria/Class-Anthozoa/Subclass_Zoantharia/Order_Actiniaria/Anthopleura_artemisia.html

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Ferdy Christant

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Interesting! Care to share a little "making of"? How did you capture this one? Posted 10 years ago

morpheme

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I'm afraid it's not too exciting :p These anemone live buried in sand, unlike most of their kind which prefer to be on rockier areas. The beach I went to had a number of sandy tide pools which at low tide were probably about an inch or two deep. Deep enough to allow the anemone to come out and feed, but not deep enough to distort the them. To get a good photo without a lot of reflections on the water surface I just made sure my angle was good and that my black hat was what was mostly behind the subject. I wouldn't have had to worry about it if my polarizing filter fit this particular lens, but I'm pretty sure it's the wrong size. Posted 10 years ago

The Buried Sea Anemone

Anthopleura artemisia is a species of sea anemone. It is known by a number of common names, including burrowing anemone and moonglow anemone. It was first described to science in 1846 in a volume by James Dwight Dana, reporting on the animals found on the United States Exploring Expedition.

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Similar species: Sea Anemones

Species identified by Ferdy Christant

By morpheme

Uploaded Feb 25, 2015. Captured Feb 24, 2015 14:58 in 25643 Marine View Drive, Des Moines, WA 98198, USA.

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Captured in the winter. More winter photos.