Anemone Id

[brucam]

I pick up this anemone at WTR but Ryan wasn't sure what type it was. He mentioned that it didn't move around much and since it's been in my tank it hasn't moved off it's rock.

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Thanks.

[trippkid]

Looks like Majano to me, pest to some not to others I guess.

[UWL]

It appears to be a "Sand Anemone" or "Oulactis muscosa".

any one else think something different?

[rocky_1980]

What ever it is it will probably sting the poop out of those zoas

[rocky_1980]

It almost looks like it is some sort of mushroom maybe of the hairy type.
(yes I know mushrooms are anemones)

[brucam]

Looks like Majano to me, pest to some not to others I guess.

After looking at some other web sites, I don't think it's a Manjano. It doesn't have the same type of oral disk or tenticles.

[vaporize]

whatever anemone it is , it's not clown-hosting anemone, that's for sure :D

[brucam]

It appears to be a "Sand Anemone" or "Oulactis muscosa".

any one else think something different?

I'm not sure that it is a sand anemone because the pictures that I can find of one has long tenticles. The tenticles on the one that I have are only about 1-2mm long.

But saying that, it looks like a Western Sand Anemone "Oulactis macmurrichi"

[UWL]

it could just be pissed off slightly,, i had one very similar a few years back,, in the pictures it doesnt look too extended....

[Monti]

Looks like a very sick carpet anemone to me.

[brucam]

it could just be pissed off slightly,, i had one very similar a few years back,, in the pictures it doesnt look too extended....

In that case, would I be better off moving it down to the sand base as it may be happier there? I've been feeding it mysis shrimp and cyclo-eeze about twice a week and it seems to have grown a little.