McPeak's Urticina
Urticina mcpeaki
(1: Arch Point, Santa Barbara Island / 2: West of Santa Barbara Island / 3: Sea Landing Cove, Santa Barbara Island / 4: Flame Reef, Santa Cruz Island)
Moonglow Anemone
Anthopleura artemisia
(1: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos / 2: Coral Street, Monterey / 3,5,8: Lovers Point, Monterey / 4,6-7: San Carlos Beach, Monterey)
Usually orange, but sometimes pink or off-white.
These fluoresce under UV light:
(1: San Carlos Beach, Monterey)
Painted Anemone
Urticina crassicornis
(1: Monastery Beach, Carmel-By-The-Sea)
Painted Urticina
Urticina grebelnyi
(1-3,5,8: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos / 4: Coral Street, Monterey / 6-7: Monastery Beach, Carmel-By-The-Sea)
The side of the anemone is mottled red and olive and bumpy (vs. red for the fish-eating urticina and white spots on red for the white-spotted rose anemone, and vs. a smooth body for Urticina crassicornis).
Plumose Anemone
Metridium senile
(1-8: Monterey State Beach, Monterey)
Look for these by the pier.
Usually white, but occasionally orange: (1: Monterey State Beach, Monterey)
Proliferating Anemone
Epiactis prolifera
(1-3,6-7: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos / 4-5: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 8: Monastery Beach, Carmel-By-The-Sea)
Note the budding smaller anemones hanging off the parents in the second photo.
Sand-Rose Anemone
Urticina columbiana
(1-2,4,7-8: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 3,5: Monterey State Beach, Monterey / 6: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos)
These are large - up to a foot across.
This one is pulled in: (1: Monterey State Beach, Monterey)
Stubby Rose Anemone
Urticina coriacea
(1,5: Whalers Cove, Point Lobos / 2-4: Monastery Beach, Carmel-by-the-Sea)
The stalk is pale red with white bumps: (1: Monastery Beach, Carmel-by-the-Sea)
Stubby Rose AnemoneUrticina clandestina
(1-3: San Carlos Beach, Monterey)
The literature is unclear on whether this and Urticina coriacea are actually the same species.
Tube-Dwelling Anemone
Pachycerianthus fimbriatus
(1,4-6,8: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 2-3: Monterey State Beach, Monterey / 7: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos)
This anemone lives on the sandy bottom. Tentacle color can be tan, orange, or purple. These are preyed upon by the rainbow dendronotus nudibranch.
Some tube-dwelling anemones fluoresce under UV light:
(1-2: San Carlos Beach, Monterey)
There's a lot more of the anemone under the sand. This is one that was exposed by sand movement during winter storms:
(1: San Carlos Beach, Monterey)
White-Plumed Anemone
Metridium farcimen
(1-3,5-8: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 4: Monterey State Beach, Monterey)
Despite being over a foot long, they can pull all the way back into themselves:
(1-3: San Carlos Beach, Monterey)
They can reproduce by budding:
(1: San Carlos Beach, Monterey)
I saw this orange one November 2015:
(1: Monterey State Beach, Monterey)
These do not fluoresce.
White-Spotted Rose Anemone
Urticina lofotensis
(1,4,7-8: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos / 2: East Pescadero Pinnacle, Pebble Beach / 4-5: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 7: Monastery Beach, Carmel-By-The-Sea)
White-spotted refers to the stalk, not the tentacles.
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