Pizza Anemone (Cryptodendrum Adhaesivum)

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Sizes S (£35.00) up to L (£50.00)Supplier Availability: Occasionally Cryptodendrum is a genus of sea anemones in the family Thalassianthidae. It is monotypic with a single species, Cryptodendrum adhaesivum, also commonly known as the adhesive anemone, pizza anemone, and nap-edged anemone. Like all symbiotic anemones, it hosts zooxanthellae, symbiotic algae that help feed their host. This anemone grows to a size of 30 centimeters and is distinguished by its colored, beaded, and waving curved edge. It has two different forms of tentacles. At the center of the oral disc, it has narrow, short, about 5 mm long, tentacles that are branched with five or more "fingers", like a small, inflated rubber glove. The tentacles are extremely sticky. The tentacles at the edge have a bubble-like thickening of about one-millimeter diameter at the end. The two types of tentacles are usually different colors Show more