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Anémona de mar (Condylactis aurantiaca), Pistol Bay, Pafos, Chipre, 2021-12-12, DD 12
2021-12-12
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- CC BY-SA 4.0, as the museum states it.
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- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Golden anemone (Condylactis aurantiaca), Pistol Bay, Paphos, Cyprus. This species of anemone is found only in the Mediterranean Sea in depths of up to 80 metres. The base is attached to a rock, stone or shell and the column immersed in sediment, usually sand or gravel, with only the oral disc and tentacles visible. The oral disc may reach 12 centimetres (4.7 in), the overall diameter with the tentacles spread out is around 30 centimetres (12 in) and each tentacle is around 8 centimetres (3 in) long, green to yellow in colour, and sometimes greyish. They often have bands of white and other colours, and purple tips.
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