Sea Anenome in Belize

[cageybob]

[Dive master in Ambergris spotted this, later identified it as Soandon Sea Anenome, but I can't find any info on it. I tried different spellings with no luck. He said it was very rare and National Geographic had to identify it when they first spotted it. It was about 1.5 feet in diameter and was in the sand, just as you entered a crevice. I'm guessing we were around 60' on a mornning dive.

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[cageybob]

[Dive master in Ambergris spotted this, later identified it as Soandon Sea Anenome, but I can't find any info on it. I tried different spellings with no luck. He said it was very rare and National Geographic had to identify it when they first spotted it. It was about 1.5 feet in diameter and was in the sand, just as you entered a crevice. I'm guessing we were around 60' on a mornning dive.


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I still never found out what this is. Try the link below to view it.

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[sarita75]

Sorry noone has answered. Regretably, I can't answer anything for you - but it is a pretty amazing creature.

 

[designbysue]

An artichoke coral? Looks like the picture in Reef Coral Identification by Paul Humann

 

[cruisegirl]

I still never found out what this is. Try the link below to view it.

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Ok, I'm new at this but it looks like a brightly colored Feather Duster worm to me.... It has a feathery look