Northwest Dive Club

We saw this at Edmonds, today. He's about 6 inches in diameter. Anyone know what it is? Thanks,
Carl

Looks like a puckered up Anemone...
Kirsten

Hi Carl,

I agree that it's an anemone; based on color and skin texture it looks like a partially retracted Giant Plumose Anemone aka Metridium farcimen.

We have an animal of roughly the same size and color at the Feiro Center - when fully expanded it's a bit over a foot tall and maybe 10 inches across the tentacle crown; when fully retracted it's less than 2 inches tall.

It's worth noting that the fully expanded height is quite variable and it seems that any given individual only grows tall enough to get the tentacle crown into a patch of water with desirable currents.

Adjustably yours,
Alex

Thanks!