Bubble tip anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

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Orange/red fluorescing. The tentacles are usually a dull brown, but this anemone is partially bleached and has lost most of the endosymbiotic zooxanthellae, which results in the pretty colour, but does the anemone not much good, since it is dependant on the assimilation products of the zooxanthellae as its major food source.

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Size: 4287px × 2848px
Location: Raja Ampat West Papua Indonesia
Photo credit: © Georgette Apol / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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