Knobby anemone
Bartholomea lucida
(Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1860)

Description:
The column or stalk is rather broad, but short. The numerous thin tentacles are long and often drooping.

Color:
Tentacles and body in shades of gray, brown or green. The tentacles are translucent and bear numerous nematocyst-bearing knobs.

Habitat:
Inhabit reefs and areas of sand and coral rubble. It grows often under rocks or other hard objects, down to 30 m.

Distribution:
Common Florida, Bahamas and Caribbean.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Subclass Hexacorallia
Order Actinaria
Genus Bartholomea
Species Bartholomea lucida

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Not included in WoRMS database

Scientific synonyms and common names

Knobby anemone [English]
Knobbeltjes-anemoon [Dutch]
Anémone à boutons [French]
Warzenanemone [German]
Zeanemon (Knobby anemone) [Papiamentu]
Heteractis lucida

Humann, P., 1992. Reef Creature Identification - Florida Caribbean Bahamas, (ed. N. Deloach). New World Publications, Inc., Paramount Miller Graphics, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida.

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