Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Anthozoa

Order: Actiniatia

Family: Actiniidae

Anthopleura elegantissima

 

These two anemones are common in the intertidal zone at Race Rocks.  Tissues including oral disc stained green with chlorophyll in zooxanthellae symbiotic algae.

 

Anthopleura elegantissima, a small anemone.

A. elegantissima in tide pool

A. elegantissima covered in shell fragments

A. elegantissima in a crevice

 

 

Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Anthozoa

Order: Actiniatia

Family: Actiniidae

Anthopleura xanthogrammica

A. xanthogrammica, a larger member of this Genus.