Northwest Dive Club

well at least I think that's what they are
some one tell me if im wrong I think these are the neatest of the Anemone I have pictures of yet

in fact when I am named Emperor Of The World I will make a law that every one must love them as much as I do.








only thing is I am haveing a little trouble finding any infermation on them on the net does any one know there latin name by chance
( Janna, )

Sparky

Well Sparky, you got it - they're definitely Painted Anemones.

Urticina crassicornis (which is kinda fun to say!)

They're also called Christmas Anemones and used to have the scientific name of Tealia crassicornis.

What I like about these guys is they can come in sooo many color variations.

- Janna

Hello Sparky, when you will run for the position of the Emperor of the World, I will vote for you. I like the Painted anemones too. Just be careful when you ask the tailors to make your new suit !

Hey Sparky, when you become Emperor of The World, will you fix it so I don't have to work anymore? I'll give you a free DAN class if you do!

-Valerie

nwscubamom wrote:Well Sparky, you got it - they're definitely Painted Anemones.

Urticina crassicornis (which is kinda fun to say!)

They're also called Christmas Anemones and used to have the scientific name of Tealia crassicornis.

What I like about these guys is they can come in sooo many color variations.

- Janna

Ok thanks Janna :

so if I am not mistaken as near as I can tell these are fish eatting Anemones is this right
I still have not found a lot of information on them but near as I can gather I am guessing they do in fact eat small fishes and crab or so one of the few sites I have found claim

Sparky

Zen Diver 2 wrote:Hey Sparky, when you become Emperor of The World, will you fix it so I don't have to work anymore? I'll give you a free DAN class if you do!

-Valerie

but of corse Val this is the main plank in my platform
all non divers must work extra extra hard in order to suport the divers of the world.
thus freeing the divers for realy important things that must be done
for example

there are millions and millions, well more then I can count at least
cubic feet of compressed air that must used what with all the compressures in the world pumpping the stuff out like there is no tomorrow .
just who do you think is going to do this the non diver? I think not

and we all know what happens when the fish in the world are left un attended to there own vices , now I ask you is this realy the sorts of things we want going on in our oceans ?

againe I say. I think not
there for it once againe falls to the divers to step up and do the job
of spying and anoyeing the fishes
some one has to drive the point home to the fishes that we are not going to have any of those shnanagins .

and to let them know we know who they are and that we have there pictures



you see it is my postion that these fine folk ( divers ) well need to be feed and clothed along with housed and of corse we all know it is not exatly cheap to out fit a diver these days

some one will have to foot the bill for these fine folk and as tax payers well it is just your duty.as a non diver to make it so these fine people who give so freely of them-selves doing this verry important work are able to do so

and by the way there is going to be free coffie for every one
you will no longer have to pay for that life giving jolt of cafine in the morrning that is just wrong ( had to give the non divers one you know )


Sparky

sparky wrote:
so if I am not mistaken as near as I can tell these are fish eatting Anemones is this right
I still have not found a lot of information on them but near as I can gather I am guessing they do in fact eat small fishes and crab or so one of the few sites I have found claim

Sparky

Nope...not fish-eating anemones... That would be Urticina piscivora. Here's a picture of a fish-eating anemone from Point Lobos State Preserve in California.






And here's another fish-eating anemone from Point Lobos...showing the base. The painted anemones have a base that is more colored...green and red...that's one of the differences to help with ID.






And I think painted and fish-eating anemones are quite beautiful.

Happy Empororing...

I love the painted anemones.
Ok... I admit it...I like all anemones.

Thanks or the great pics.

I'm an anemone lover, too. In fact, one of the things I like best about Calvin's photography is that he takes so many beautiful pictures of them!

My name is Tom... and I like anemones too...

My name is Kirsten and I like anemones too!

I like all sea critters, but anemones are awesome.

Lowell - thanks for the ID tip - you are my hero (and Puget Sound misses you oh red bearded sea monster...)

Jackie

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Anemonae? Not painted.....

Tom Nic wrote:My name is Tom... and I like anemones too...

Hi Tom.

My name is Kirsten and I like anemones too!

Hi Kirsten.

Welcome.

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Anemonae? Not painted.....

Not painted...I'd call it Metridium senile, or the Short Plumose Anemone. (Metridium farcimen is the giant plumose... I occasionally have trouble with the ID of the senile, as it can sometimes look like the juvenile giant...if I remember correctly...

And speaking of anemones... These little guys were fairly abundant in the shallows at DIW.
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They were maybe 2 inches across. Haven't ID'd them yet. Any ideas?
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I've seen a lot of them in the shallows at Titlow and Redondo also, Tom. Taking pics of them is a nice way to spend your off gassing.

Cold_H2O wrote:I love the painted anemones.
Ok... I admit it...I like all anemones.

Thanks or the great pics.

Me too. Best thing I like about them is they hold still when you take a picture. The largest ones I've seen are at the Edmonds Oil Dock.

Sea of Green wrote: The largest ones I've seen are at the Edmonds Oil Dock.

Yes, I was there last week. There are some real monsters there.