ID anemone please

[martym]

I was sold this anemone as a Long Tenticle Anemone. I don't think it is. Can anyone tell from this picture?


It is white with purple tips. Could it be a Seaba instead????
Thanks for the help.

[martym]

Anyone ?????????

[Quinn]

I think you would want to ask Tony about this, he seems quite good at identifying anemones.

[Canadian Man]

Looks very similar to Tony's ritteri other than color.

[Jack]

What about sebae?

http://saltreef.com/images/sebae5.jpg

[martym]

That's what i was thinking Jack. It doesn't seem to have the large foot that LTA's have.
Where would I find Tony???

[Quinn]

My son, when you are ready, Tony will find you.

Just kidding, we're talking about Delphinus.

I know that often sebaes have the purple tips. However there may be other species that have them as well. I really doubt that it would be an LTA, that's for sure.

[martym]

[mnoll406]

I also would say it is a sebae.

Mike

[Delphinus]

(Better late than never?)

Looks very much like a Heteractis crispa (sebae), which you kind of knew by now.

LTA's (Macrodactyla doreensis) and sebaes can sometimes look quite similar. H. crispa can also look quite similar to H. malu although H. malu and M. doreensis don't really look anything alike so it goes to show how variable that species can be.

LTA's are sometimes called corkscrew anemones because sometimes that have tentacles coiled up like ... corkscrews. But not always. But generally speaking you can tell a LTA from a sebae by that the tentacle density is much higher on sebae's than LTA's. If you can see the oral disk through the tentacles you're likely looking at an LTA but if you can't see the oral disk at all through the tentacles then sebae is a likely candidate.

They don't always have the purple/pink dots at the tips of the tentacles.