I was going through my Bermuda photos and I found this. I remember I thought it was very strange because in every dive I would see one or two rocks completely covered by anemones, but no other anemone anywhere else. Does anybody know what these are? I can check it in my ID book at my office on monday, but here it goes for those who have the books handy during the weekend:
General view of the rock covered with anemones:
100% crop showing details of the anemones:
Hi Rocha,
Weird! Those look like indo-pacific corralimorphs. Start searching the books for corralimorphs - I may be spelling that wrong. I know there are some in your area - like Ricordia florida.
Cheers
James
Great find. I've been looking for that guy for years.
Not only do they look like comon indo-pacific corallimorphs but they are in the same genus as the most comon indo-pacific corallimporphs. Discosoma.
They are Warty Mushroom polips. Discosoma sanctithomae.
Great, thanks! They are very common in the south shore of Bermuda, as I said a lot of individuals in isolated rocks.