Pimply
mangrove anemone
awaiting identification*
updated
Nov 2019
Where
seen? These large anemones can be seen in numbers in very
soft mud flats on the seaward side of mangroves and other soft silty sandy shores on our Northern shores.
Features: Diameter with tentacles expanded 5-12cm. Tentacles pale, many long
and tapering. Colours translucent beige or pinkish. Oral disk dark
blue or black without any markings. Body column dark grey, dark blue
with regular rows of large pale protruding bumps. |
Pasir Ris, Jun 09 |
Pasir Ris, Jun 09 |
Changi, Apr 08 |
*Species
are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of
display.
Pimply
mangrove anemones on Singapore shores |
Other sightings on Singapore shores |
Lim Chu Kang, Apr 11 |
Lim Chu Kang, Apr 11 |
Pulau Ubin OBS, Jan 16
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook.
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Chek Jawa, Jul 13
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on flickr.
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Chek Jawa, Jun 17
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook. |
Chek Jawa, Jun 17
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook. |
Chek Jawa, Dec 24
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook.
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Chek Jawa, Dec 24
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook. |
Chek Jawa, Dec 24
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook. |
Chek Jawa, Dec 24
Photo shared by Che Cheng Neo on facebook.
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Changi Creek, Jul 23
Photo shared by Marcus Ng on facebook. |
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