Weird bobbly pink and white creature

[Vicxy69]

Hi All

I am stumped with trying to work out what this is in the photo I took the other day. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[DocVikingo]

It's almost certainly a sea anemone of some sort.

Cheers,

DocVikingo

 

[Vicxy69]

Thanks. I was hoping someone might know species name as I cannot find anywhere.

 

[diversteve]

The tentacles resemble a bubble tip but they seem to be a different shape. Bubble-tip anemone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/Cnidarians/Anthozoans/AnemonePIX/Entacmaea/alg on bbt anem.JPG

 

[seaseadee]

[video=youtube;bZ1KDf3O-qU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ1KDf3O-qU[/video]

 

[dnote]

Mini-Carpets: The Perfect Small Sea Anemones? | Coral Magazine

 

[Vicxy69]

This is the reply I had from the natural history museum London:

assuming it to be an anemone has led to Alicia mirabilis, eg see Alicia mirabilis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia & click on the leftmost picture, & you'll see it's very like. (see also google images for Alicia mirabilis). EOL has pictures of more Alicia species at Pictures, Video & Audio of Alicia - Images, Photos, Movies & Sounds of Alicia - Encyclopedia of Life