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Updated 11/8/2025

Family Discosomidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC

Amplexidiscus fenestrafer

Alor, Indonesia

 

Bora Bora, Society Islands

ELEPHANT-EAR ANEMONE

Uncommon on reef slopes, captures fish by closing rapidly.  Attains diameter of at least 12 inches.  East Africa to French Polynesia, excluding Hawaii.