• Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Cnidaria
  • Class: Anthozoa
  • Subclass: Hexacorallia
  • Order: Actiniaria
  • Suborder: Protantheae
  • Family: Gonactiniidae
  • Scientific name: Protanthea simplex
  • Norwegian: korallnellik

Characteristics:

This is a small anemone, the column is only 1-2 cm. The 200 tentacles cannot be retracted into the column. The color is white or pale yellow. There are 24 vertical rows of gonads, often visible through the cylinder wall.

Habitat:

The sealoch anemone is most frequent deeper than 40 meters, but in the fjords and at other sheltered locations it may occur as shallow as 10 meters.

Distribution:

It is known from the coasts of Scotland and Scandinavia, as far north as Troms.