Actinia Ornata (other)
''Actinia ornata'' is an unaccepted scientific name and may refer to two species of sea anemone: * '' Sagartia elegans'', found in coastal areas of north-western Europe * '' Sagartia troglodytes'', the mud sagartia, found in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. {{Species Latin name disambiguation ...
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Sagartia Elegans
''Sagartia elegans'', the elegant anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Sagartiidae. It is found in coastal areas of northwest Europe at depths down to 50 metres. Description The base of ''S. elegans'' is wider than the column and may reach in diameter. The base is usually anchored to the substrate but can be used as a foot for locomotion. It often has a ragged outline due to fragmentation having occurred. The column is soft and fleshy and varies in shape, even in one individual, from squat to cylindrical or trumpet shaped, and can grow up to tall. The lower part of the column is somewhat corrugated and there are a number of pale coloured suckers on the upper part to which grit or shell fragments may adhere occasionally. The disc is saucer-shaped with an undulating margin and there are up to 200 tentacles arranged irregularly, often arching over the edge. These are mostly about the same length but occasionally there is a much longer one among them. This may be use ...
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