North Island Explorer: Guide to North Vancouver Island

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Painted Anemone

 

Photo 1: Painted Anemone attached to a rock in the intertidal zone.

 

 

Painted Anemone: Urticina grebelnyi (formerly Urticina crassicornis)

Common Names: Christmas anemone, mottled anemone, green and red anemone

 

This anemone has been reclassifiedin 2006 to Urticina grebelnyi* so most references on the internet list it as Urticina crassicornis. The colour is distinctive as are the non-adhesive vesicles.

 

 

 Painted Anemone: Column View

 

Photo 2: Columnal View of a Painted Anemone

Here the vesicles are clearly visible on the column, whereas U. crassicornis is completely smooth.

 

 

 More Cnidarians of Vancouver Island and the Pacific Northwest

References:

*See Sanamyan & Sanamyan, 2006 or visit their anemone website for further explanation.