Summary ⁴

The Orange-Striped Green Sea Anemone Species Name(s) and History: Sagartia lineata (Verill, 1869 Hong Kong), Diadumene lineata (Verill 1870); Diaumene luciae (Stephenson, 1925); Haliplanella luciae (Hand, 1955); Properly named D. lineata (Hand 1989)

In Lake Merritt ⁵

Fairly common on most hard surfaces in the lake. While it's particularly obvious in the water with its tentacles out, it can also easily be found when the tentacles are retracted by looking for striped balls of goo.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Damon Tighe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/damon_tighe/8737964714/
2. (c) Biopix, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/Haliplanella-lineata-00009.JPG
3. (c) [wj], some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/37823682@N04/3835201631/
4. Adapted by Ken-ichi Ueda from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diadumene_lineata
5. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• CalPhotos
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• Sea Anemones of New Zealand Guide
• SeaLifeBase
• World Register of Marine Species
• 日本のレッドデータ検索システム

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