Elephant's ear anemone
Scientific name : Amplexidiscus fenestrafer
The largest among Corallimorpharia, the flattened oral disc is over 30 cm diameter, covered with short tentacles apart from a smooth ring close to the edge. Light brown or green colour. When contracted has the appearence of a rounded bowl.
Associated organisms With zooxanthellae; also with the shrimp Pliopontonia furtiva.
Habitat:
Reef, Reef front
Distribution:
Western Pacific
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