Olive Anemone
Isactinia olivacea
Description 2
Common
Habitat
Favours the gravelly cracks between large boulders, also found in pools, under rocks, or buried in sand.
Pedal disc
Well developed and broader than the column. May have patches of yellow or green around basal flange.
Column
Smooth, 40mm high, 35mm diameter. May have ridges with yellow spots running up the column. Commonly green, but may vary from tan or pale yellow to olive or emerald green.
Oral disc
Translucent green, mouth pink or pinkish green (or Morton says lighter coloured than tentacles and implies it is the same hue, brown or green, as them. Mouth pinkish brown).
Tentacles
Numerous, up to 30mm long, vary from brown to green.
Distribution
Endemic, throughout NZ.
References 2
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https://shapeandtheidea.wordpress.com/2015/10/20/olive-anemones/
- http://www.marinelife.ac.nz/species/869
http://www.rodmorris.co.nz/search#q=Isactinia+olivacea
http://www.rodmorris.co.nz/New-Zealand-Seashore/New-Zealand-Seashore/n-2GZnF/i-8Dz7VHQhttp://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_41/rsnz_41_00_005490.html (as Anemonia olivacea)
http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_11/rsnz_11_00_002890.html (as Anthea olivacea)- NZ Coastal Marine Invertebrates Vol 1 by Steve de C. Cook, p155,156.
- The New Zealand Sea Shore John Morton and Michael Miller, 1968, plate 6 & p102.
Synonyms:
- Actinia olivacea
- Anemonia olivacea
- Anthea olivacea
- Gyrostoma olivacea
- Isactinia olivacea
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- (c) Tony Wills, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
