What are the anemones in the cold water reef tank, and where did we get them?
The anemone with the fewer, stouter tentacles is the northern red anemone, Tealia felina. Coloring is variable and can be red, brown, white or yellow. The anemone with more, finer tentacles is the frilled anemone, Metridium senile, and it also comes in a variety of colors. There are large and small specimens of both anemones in the tank. The anemones most likely came from a bottom trawl in the Northern Atlantic taken by one of the NOAA research vessels.
