Bubble-tip Anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) タマイタダキイソギンチャク (size 30cm)
A Bubble-tip Anemone has bulbs on the end of its tentacles. Amami 2022
The color of the tentacles is dependent on the color of the symbiotic zooxanthellae they contain. This Bubble-tip Anemone has many colors. The tentacles are also short which is common in shallower water. Enoshima 2018
This Bubble-tip Anemone is all green. It is zoomed in a bit to show the detail a little better. Enoshima 2018
The Bubble-tip Anemone is closely related to coral, and it suffers from bleaching along with coral. Sometimes they survive and sometimes they don’t. Amami 2024
Bleached Bubble-tip Anemone. Amami 2024
Bubble-tip Anemone in the spring of 2024. The water got over 30°C in the late summer and the corals and anemones started to bleach. Amami 2024