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Beadlet Anemone

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Prefectural Natural Monument
Other invertebrates

Beadlet Anemone

Actinia equina

This is a red sea anemone found in tide pools and shallow rocky shores, which contracts into a rounded shape resembling a pickled plum when the tide goes out. Along the coast of the Manazuru Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture it lives alongside the Sango sea anemone, and the shoreline is protected.

Scientific name
Actinia equina
Group
Other invertebrates
Prefectures
Kanagawa
日本語
ウメボシイソギンチャク
简体中文
红海葵(梅干海葵)

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The Beadlet Anemone (Actinia equina) is protected as a Natural Monument of Japan (1 designation). This is a red sea anemone found in tide pools and…

The Beadlet Anemone is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Kanagawa.

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