Orange ball anemones aren't anemones at all. They're coralomorphs, a different family entirely. If you've looked at the Solomons pages, you'll note that anemone shrimp don't hang around much in anemones, but in mushroom coral, which also looks like an anemone, but isn't. If it's got sticky fingers, divers will call it an anemone. Anyway, orange ball anemones stay curled up during the day, but open like this at night. The diagonal slit in the upper center of the picture is the mouth.

Nikon F4, 200mm Nikkor f/4 Macro lens, Aquatica Housing, 2 Ikelite AI/n strobes, f/16, Kodak Royal Gold 100.

 
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