Summary ⁴

Pachycerianthus fimbriatus is a cerianthid anemone that burrows in substrate and lives in a semi-rigid tube made of felted nematocysts. The anemone is often seen in bright orange to red.

Sources and Credits

1. Chad King / NOAA MBNMS, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pachycerianthus_fimbriatus,_Monterey.jpg
2. (c) Kiloueka, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Kiloueka
3. (c) 2010 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=310973&one=T
4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachycerianthus_fimbriatus

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