Anthozoa, Eastern Pacific

White-Spotted Rose Anemone

White-spotted rose anemone
Cribrinopsis albopunctata* (formerly Urticina lofotensis
White spots are not hollow, and it rarely has anything stuck on the column.
Merry's Reef, Palos Verdes, California

*Reclassification based on Russian material, with no examination of specimens from the west coast, which differs morphologically.
Reference: Beneath Pacific Tides
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