Stichodactyla haddoni missing foot?

[Fei Long]

Hello. I am needing some advice. I recently bought a Stichodactyla haddoni from the store. I had ordered it and they went to collect it from their supplier and then posted it to me. It arrived and i put it in the tank in a spot i thought be suitable for it. I noticed it wasnt attaching and floating. I then took it out and had a closer look and i noticed their is no visible foot on the bottom, just a grey flat bottom. Is this normal? can the foot retract or is it missing its foot? I tried making a hole and put a rock beside to block waterflow to help it stay in the spot but 2 days later and still not attached and just sitting there. I put some clownfish in today and they went right to it, so would like to keep it.

Any help be greatly appreicieated. I have contact the store but they saying it doesnt have a foot but this isnt what i have read online. Also im in china so language barrier with them is limited
I dont see any torn or broken tissue underneath though and is all smooth. There does seem to be a slit so wondered if foot can retract?

 

[Tahoe61]

Hi and welcome.

Anemones do not have feet as implied. They have a column, often called a base as well.

 

[Fei Long]

Hi and welcome.

Anemones do not have feet as implied. They have a column, often called a base as well.

Hey! Im happy to have found joined the group.

Is this column visible? I also have a BTA and its visible on this. I have also googled other Stichodactyla haddoni images and seems it should be quite visible. But as i say it isnt torn or damaged underneath if column had been broken off (if thats possible) and i do see a small slit underneath so wondered if it is able to retract it? Here is a google image of what i thought it should have but mine just has the upper grey and not the white column

 

[rkpetersen]

Many haddoni carpets will lie almost flat with the substrate with little or no column visible at all.
Yours looks fine.

 

[Fei Long]

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Many haddoni carpets will lie almost flat with the substrate with little or no column visible at all.
Yours looks fine.

Thanks, i was a little worried. It seems to have settled a bit and i bought a pair of littel clowns who took to it within 5 mins