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Updated 12/14/2023

Family Stichodactylidae

INDO-PACIFIC

Heteractis aurora

Vava'u, Tonga, 6 feet	Paradise Taveuni, Fiji, 70 feet

AURORA ANEMONE

Uncommon on sand and rubble within lagoons.  Radiating lines from mouth, tentacles annulated.  Red Sea to Japan and the Line Islands, excluding Hawaii.  Related species with smooth tentacles is Radianthus malu.