Daisy Anemone
Cereus pedunculatus
Daisy Anemones are very common around Poole.
They grow from 5cm to 10cm in diameter.
They are normally buried in the sand, with their basal disc attached to a rock or stone.
Sometimes they can be found attached in crevices in rocks or as the two to right in the picture attached to a clam shell.
They reproduce by giving birth by viviparity; releasing fully formed young anemones from their mouths.
They spread quite quickly: as can be seen by the picture on the left which was taken 4 weeks before the picture above.
They get along well with other anemones; so long as they do not get too close.
As can be seen in this picture they have established themselves just under the return flow from the filter, along with Beadlets & Snakelocks.
They enjoy a feed of chopped mussel, brine shrimp, gamma shrimp, mysis shrimp, fish eggs, plankton & rotifers.
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