Distinguishing Characteristics |
Body soft, translucent, columnar when stretched; color brownish or tannish; vertical rows of pale, dusky or sometimes blue bumps on column; tentacles numerous, short, sometimes marked with red stripes near mouth; sometimes with white bumps (acrorhagi) at the base of the tentacles. |
Similar Species |
This is a very common anemone and is easily recognized by its warty appearance. |
Habitat |
Gulf, attached to jetties or buried in the sand on the beach at low tide, occasionally found on the backs of hermit crab shells |
Maximum Size |
9 cm (3 1/2 in) in height, 5 cm (2 in) in diameter of oral disk (mouth) |
Other Common Names |
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Previous Scientific Names |
B. cavernata |
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