Ele Willoughby, PhD

The last coastal prompt for #InsertAnInvert2024 is “sand” so here’s an anemone who can move over sand. This is my Lino block print of a wandering sea anemone (Phlyctenactis tuberculosa). The wandering sea anemone or swimming anemone, is a species of venomous sea anemone in the family Actiniidae native to sheltered reefs of shallow seas around Australia and New Zealand/Aotearoa. 🧵

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Aug 27, 2024 at 12:19pmWeb
Show threadEle Willoughby, PhDAug 27, 2024

They are covered in bubble like sacks in a variety of colours (including pink!) with lighter coloured tentacles. It bundles together during the day and its appearance has been likened to baked beans. At night it comes alive and goes wandering; though generally attached to rock, seagrasses and kelp, it can detach its pedestal disk and creep along the seabed, climb sea grasses or algae to find better places to hunt prey!

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Show threadDeb has moved! (see profile) 🇨🇦Aug 27, 2024
@minouette ele, you seem so prolific! I know it takes a lot of energy - I admire your work 👍
Show threadEle Willoughby, PhDAug 27, 2024
@deborahh thanks very much! Part of it is that I repost artwork, so not everything is new, but I am always working on new prints.