The northern red or dahlia anemone (Tealia felina) is a beautiful animal that is often found while conducting the benthic scallop drag onboard our research vessel.
Facts:
· Has tentacles armed with stinging cells used in prey capture and defense.
· Is a carnivore, consuming anything dead or alive that is of suitable size, such as small fish and crustaceans.
· When disturbed pulls in tentacles, contracts and adheres tightly to the substrate.
· Can detach from substrate and glide along bottom.
· The sting is not poisonous to humans.
In a tank at the teaching lab.
On the ocean floor.
View from above.
