Sea Anemones, Actinaria, Corallimorpharia, Penicillaria, Zoantharia, Anilao, Philippines

Anilao Sea Anemones and their relatives

This page links to photos of sea anemones and their relatives that we photographed on several dive trips to the Anilao area in the Philippines. Animals that resemble anemones are in fact not always too closely related and are distributed across several orders in the phylum Cnideria. Many of our species are only tentatively identified to genus or species. Coloration within many species is highly variable. We welcome corrections at uwkwaj@yahoo.com..

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Actinaria (anemones)

Actineria villosa	Actinoporus elongatus	Actinostephanus haeckeli
Actinostephanus haeckeli	Actinostephanus haeckeli	Alicia pretiosa
Alicia pretiosa	Anthoethoe? sp.	Boloceroides mcmurrichi
Boloceroides mcmurrichi	Boloceroides mcmurrichi	Boloceroides mcmurrichi
Boloceroides sp. 1	Boloceroides sp. 2	Calliactis polypus
Cryptodendrum adhaesivum	Cryptodendrum adhaesivum	Cryptodendrum adhaesivum
Dofleinia armata	Dofleinia armata	Dofleinia sp. 1
Dofleinia sp. 2	Dofleinia sp. 3	Entacmaea quadricolor
Entacmaea quadricolor	Entacmaea quadricolor	Heteractis aurora
Heteractis aurora	Heteractis aurora	Megalactis hemprichii
Nemanthus nitidus	Nemanthus nitidus	Phyllodiscus semoni
Phyllodiscus semoni	Radianthus crispa	Radianthus crispa
Radianthus doreensis	Radianthus doreensis	Radianthus doreensis
Radianthus doreensis	Radianthus magnifica	Sagartiomorphe carlgreni
Stichodactyla haddoni	Stichodactyla mertensii	Stichodactyla tapetum
Telmatactis decora	Telmatactis decora	Telmatactis decora
Telmatactis decora	Thalassianthus aster	Triactis producta
Actinaria sp. 1	Actinaria sp. 2	Actinaria sp. 3
Actinaria sp. 4	Actinaria sp. 5

Corallimorpharia (corallimorphs)

Amplexidiscus fenestrafer	Discosoma sp. 1	Discosoma sp. 2
Discosoma sp. 3	Paracorynactis hoplites	Paracorynactos hoplites
Paracorynactos hoplites	Pseudocorynactis sp. 1	Rhodactis rhodostoma
Rhodactis rhodostoma	Rhodactis rhodostoma	Rhodactis rhodostoma
Ricordea yuma	Discosomidae sp. 1

Penicillaria (tube anemones)

Cerianthus cf ambonensis	Cerianthus cf ambonensis	Cerianthus cf ambonensis
Cerianthus cf ambonensis	Cerianthus cf sulcatus	Cerianthus sp. 1
Cerianthus sp. 2	Cerianthus sp. 3	Cerianthidae sp. 1
Cerianthidae? sp. 2	Pachycerianthus sp. 1	Pachycerianthus sp. 1
Pachycerianthus sp. 1	Pachycerianthus sp. 1	Isarachnanthus sp. 1