Sister Islands gallery of intertidal life in singapore

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Colonial anemones Order Zoanthidea Colonial anemones or zoanthids form mounds. Each tiny anemone has short tentacles surrounding a central mouth. When exposed out of water, the anemone withdraws its tentacles into the long central body. The anemones may be connected to one another.

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