- Size
- Oral disc to about 50 cm across
- Snorkel or dive
- Snorkel and dive, usually shallow.
- Best season
- Year-round.
- Conservation
- Not assessed by the IUCN Red List.
How to recognise it
A broad carpet of finger-like tentacles with rounded tips, on a vividly coloured column of blue, green, red or purple.
Behaviour in the wild
Hosts the endemic Maldive anemonefish and cleaner shrimps; retracts into a ball when threatened. A cnidarian relative of corals and jellyfish.
Where to see it in the Maldives
Reef edges, lagoon reefs and thila tops atoll-wide, wherever anemonefish colonies are found.
Visual field notes
See magnificent sea anemone from more than one angle.
One verified identification image is currently available.
01 · Field portrait · Species reference
Field notes
The anemone and its resident clownfish trade favours: the fish is immune to the sting and, in return, defends and feeds its host.
Profile references
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