Cerianthus lloydii

Paula Lightfoot Burrowing anemones Cerianthus lloydii having a tug of war over a Cyanea (lamarckii?) jellyfish, which was pulsating trying to get away...but slowly being dragged down to its doom!!

Richard Lord What an amazing image....

Paula Lightfoot It was in the No Take Zone in Lamlash Bay on Arran - I guess no one explained the 'no take' concept to the anemones.

Charlotte Bolton Fantastic pic!

Meg Daly Great photo!

Charlotte Bolton Jassa? tubes? Kimmeridge Bay, ~2m water. Calling Dawn...

Charlotte Bolton Jassa sp. I assume, rather than getting specific about it...?

Charlotte Bolton I can email you the original image if nec. (~2MB)

Erling Svensen Dont you think it is Photis longicaula?

Charlotte Bolton Thanks Erling! I'm failing to find much information about this species... :-( Is it just the depth that's indicative?

Erling Svensen I do not know. Here in Norway I find this specie exposed, from 1 meter and down to 10 meter. We have not any tide at all (amphidromic point 2 km from Egersund). I have a friend at Svalbard that knows alot about amphipodes, so I can ask him next time we meet.

Charlotte Bolton Excellent - thanks very much! Kimmeridge is moderately exposed, and also doesn't have enormous tides (ave 1.8m springs, 0.6m neaps - the amphidromic point is about 20km east - which seems to tie-in with your observations.

George Brown Photis longicaula also has an interesting relationship with the tube anemone, Cerianthus lloydii as it's often found forming a colony around the base of the anemone. I've photographed it a few times and now that I know what to look for I'm finding it quite often. A couple photos of Cerianthus in Marlin show the colony.

David Kipling Yes, I always think of it as "that stuff you get round the base of tube anemones" [loads around Skomer] Didn't know it would also grow up bits of weed too.

Charlotte Bolton I can feel a return trip to poke around Cerianthus coming on... Thanks George!

Glynn Phillips Is this a burrowing anemone?

Wendy Northway I would say so - fine inner labial tentacles and muddy substrate

Glynn Phillips Looks different when its white compared to the usual two tone brown ones

Liz Morris I'd agree with Wendy. It's definitely a burrowing anemone of some kind! Probably Cerianthus lloydii :) Thanks for passing Seasearch's name onto people whilst on holiday by the way - they're on the list for the next course :)

Glynn Phillips Glad to help

Bernd Lipsius

Liz Morris Lots of Cerianthus lloydii with a little Inachus phalangium, and a scallop (species unknown) well camofaluged bottom left. Nice!

Michael Hood Also saw this on the seabed near the Outer Mulberry in Selsey in around 9m of water. Any ideas?

Chris Wood Its a rather odd looking burrowing anemone, Cerianthus lloydii. The clue is in the two sets of tentacles. Only cerianthids have the mass of short tentacles around the mouth. They are not particularly common in the south so I hope you'll be filling in a Seasearch Form!

Neil Watson I buddied with Mike on this dive, it was his spot. I am filling out a surveyor form for this dive so will add it in. I will also add the filamentous red algae seen in the post below.

Michael Hood Thanks Chris