Ele Willoughby, PhD

My son spontaneously started this project where he’s claiming otherwise unclaimed days and declaring an animal awareness day for unusual and lesser known animals. (You can follow along on Bluesky.)

It’s got me thinking about lesser known animals in my portfolio, like this wandering anemone. Phlyctenactis tuberculosa, the wandering sea anemone or swimming anemone, is a species of venomous sea anemone 🧵1/

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1753886726

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #invertebrate #wanderingAnemone

Mar 9 at 12:12pmWeb
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in the family Actiniidae native to sheltered reefs of shallow seas around Australia and New Zealand/Aotearoa. 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. 🧵2/3
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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. 🧵3/3