Is this a sebae anemonie?

[alison]

Hi, always wondered if this was a sebae. Had it for 6+ years, and my sebae clown hosts in it. I know it's an anemone because it totally acts like one. Now here comes the weird part- It has suction cups on the side of the anemonie. It sticks to the glass and rocks. I've been told this is a sebae, but can anyone else confirm? It grew from a piece of slime that came in on my liverock, and now is a foot big when happy. It's quite pretty and my camera doesn't do it justice. It's pink with purple tips. Thanks in advance, Ali

 

[alison]

Here's when it's happy---

 

[alison]

And here you can see the suction cups, which look like bumps on the side of the anemonie-You can actually see little shell bits stuck around the rim of the anemone-

 

[thomas712]

LOL yeah little suction cups known as verrucae, they help the anemone attach to things.
A sebae? could be, they can have up to 800 tenticals,.... start counting....
great looking speciman.
thomas

 

[alison]

Thanks thomas! Never heard of that. I hope your talking about the nubby things on the underside of the disk and not the tentacles. People just don't know what I'm talkin about, and I can't ever get an answer, so thank you, and I'll have to read up on that. Do other anemonies have this too? I've never seen this before. Thanks again, Ali

 

[thomas712]

Yep the nubbie warty type things are called verrucae, I've read about them before but never had an excuse to use the word until your pic showed up.

 

[alison]

Thanks again Thomas, you were totally right. I didn't know any anemonies had those, because I've never seen anemonies grab things with them. This anemone holds onto rocks so hard, and glass, that you could actually rip him if you wern't careful, because he holds onto stuff for dear life. So thanks again, never knew about that. I still don't know if it's a sebae, but I emailed Steve Weise, and he seems to think so. I just wish I could see a pix of a pink one to make sure. Thanks again you solved a 6+ year question of mine. -Ali

 

[thomas712]

Glad I could help. You have a couple of sucsessful years on me. 6+ years with a sebae is totally increadible. I've been doing the BTA thing for only 4 years.
Any time I can help let me know.
Thomas