Mystery nem

425nm · Jul 3, 2014

Does anyone know what kind of anemone this is? It apparently came in on the live rock in the tank at my work. Its about 2" inches in diameter and has an extremely aggressive feed response. There are four of them in the tank. Three the same color as the one in the photo and one that is giraffe yellow.

Pete polyp · Jul 3, 2014

Majano is what it looks like. Pest anemone but doesn't spread as fast as aiptasia.

425nm · Jul 3, 2014

I've certainly entertained the thought that it might be some kind of majano but it doesn't look like any majano I've ever seen. Of course that doesn't mean it isn't one

425nm · Jul 3, 2014

Additionally it has been in the tank for years and hasn't shown any sign of spreading in any fashion.

Tahoe61 · Jul 3, 2014

Where did you rock come from?

Cool anemone, I would like to see more images of it. Perhaps I can track down an ID.

425nm · Jul 3, 2014

No one remembers where the rock comes from unfortunately. The tank predates my hiring. I'll try and get some more photos tomorrow.

deerhunter06 · Jul 3, 2014

if its a mojano its a good lookin one.

Tahoe61 · Jul 3, 2014

Well if your residing in Florida chances are good it's from that general area?

I guess a better question is what is your general location? It's a place to start and narrow down from there. Sometimes one ID leads to another.... it's a little game I play. :typing:

Judging by the location of that particular one, it's might very well be non-photosynthetic, which leads me to anemones from the Gulf and surrounding bodies of water. Since it's alive and doing well in that tank with temps probably greater than 76 F, then it's unlikely to be a temperate species..

425nm · Jul 3, 2014

I'm located in Edmonton, Canada actually. No natural saltwater for many hundreds of kilometers.

I do know the store the rock came from. I know they've brought in from Fiji and cultured rock from quality marine.

Most of them are hanging out in shady spots. The yellow one however is sitting 1/4 of the way up in the open of a standard 90 gallon lit with a four bulb T5 fixture (4 month old giesmann actinic+ and whites).

Tahoe61 · Jul 3, 2014

Cool, thanks that actually helps a lot. I 'll see what I can track down.

425nm · Jul 4, 2014

Here are some more photos.

cvysochin · Jul 4, 2014

Some kind of Ball anemone. I have a purple one that was large and solitary. Never split or moved in the year+ I had it. Very cool creatures.

Tahoe61 · Jul 4, 2014

This is as far as I have gotten, Anemonia Elegans, for the very cool orange one.

The anemone in the third images does look similar to a Majano.

Thank you for the images. I will keep looking.

Look here as well.

http://books.google.com/books?id=R6...Tc1oLADQ&ved=0CFAQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Anemonia Elegans&f=false.

The author (Verrilla) refers to it as philla rufa

425nm · Jul 6, 2014

cvysochin said:
Some kind of Ball anemone. I have a purple one that was large and solitary. Never split or moved in the year+ I had it. Very cool creatures.

Do you have photos of this nem? Sharesies would be appreciated.

cvysochin · Jul 6, 2014

I'll look to see if I have one but no promises. I'll ask my friend, that I gave it to, if they might have one also.

cvysochin · Jul 7, 2014

Got my friend to take a pic. Not the best but you can see it. When I first got it it looked similar to the first pic you posted. Now being in the aquaria for a few years it's changed a bit but super hardy!

425nm · Jul 8, 2014

cvysochin said:
Got my friend to take a pic. Not the best but you can see it. When I first got it it looked similar to the first pic you posted. Now being in the aquaria for a few years it's changed a bit but super hardy!

That is most definitely a psuedocornactis. We also have those in our peacock mantis tank. They're a good deal smaller though, only about 2cm in diameter.

425nm · Sep 26, 2014

Its a Telmatactis cricoides!! I ran across a refence to a club-tipped anemone looking for papers on sexy shrimp:
Crustacean symbionts of the sea anemone Telmatactis cricoides at Madeira and the Canary Islands - Wirtz - 2009 - Journal of Zoology - Wiley Online Library
I google it and lo' it is our mystery nem!

Sshannon · Aug 15, 2021

Thats pretty awesome. Some friends of mine posted a picture of a wild one down here in Florida while scubadiving. Has anyone seen the more colorful versions of this genus for sale before? Otherwise I might go looking around my beaches.

Telmatactis cricoides