Different Types Of Carpet Anemones

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.

Different types of carpet anemones.

This colorful anemone is also referred to as haddon s anemone saddle anemone saddle carpet anemone or saddleback anemone. Most anemones are sessile with a specialized foot used to anchor them in soft substrates or attach themselves to rocks and corals. Grapeleaf anemone this anemone variety produces grape like foliage. Tuberous mediterranean anemones bloom during the spring and summer while fall flowering anemones bloom in late summer to fall and have fibrous roots.

Silvery pink flowers decorate the plant in late summer and early autumn. 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. 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.

Mature height of the tall plant is about 3 feet. The haddon s carpet anemone lives singly in the shallow waters of the indo pacific and red sea. Those with very dangerous stings are the stinging sea anemones belonging to the family actinodendronidae. Grecian windflower is available in shades of sky blue pink white or reddish purple depending on the variety.

They have 120 species with three main types. Spring flowering anemones are so called because they bloom in spring.