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Anthopleura elegantissima
Aggregating Anemone

Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0505 1729 (2005-05-23)

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date of photo between 1980 and 1986

location Monterey Bay (Monterey County, California, US)

family Actiniidae

order Actiniaria

class Anthozoa

habitat Intertidal/subtidal

notes At the touch of a tentacle individuals in one clone can recognize as non-self those in an adjacent, genetically different clone triggering a fight. A no-man's-land between them results. These anemones are on a whart piling. These anemones populate pilings beneath the Monterey Municipal Pier.

camera Nikon in Oceanic housing

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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common names Clonal Anemone (ITIS ) Aggregating Anemone (photographer)

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