# Anémona de mar (Condylactis aurantiaca), Pistol Bay, Pafos, Chipre, 2021-12-12, DD 12

- By: Diego Delso
- Date: 2021-12-12
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An%C3%A9mona_de_mar_(Condylactis_aurantiaca),_Pistol_Bay,_Pafos,_Chipre,_2021-12-12,_DD_12.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
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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.