Adhaesive sea anemone

Scientific name : Cryptodendrum adhaesivum

Large flattened anemone, with very short (5 mm) and tightly packed tentacles, extremely sticky. The disc tentacles, slightly branching (often with glove like expansions) are clearly different from the edge tentacles (bulb shaped). Highyl variable colour, brown to green at the center, sometimes striped, usually different on the border (can be white, pink, purple, green, brown). Diameter 30 cm.
Superficially similar to the other flattened anemones (Heterodactyla hemprichi, Stichodactyla gigantea, Stichodactyla haddoni. Stichodactyla mertensii). Distinctive charachters are the short and tightly packed tentacles, giving it a velvety look, ant the different colour and texture of the edge.

Associated organisms
Occasionally associated with the anemone fish Amphiprion clarkii. More often associated with shrimps like Thor amboinensis, found around the anemone, and Periclimenes brevicarpalis living in pairs on the anemone's disc.