Giant Caribbean Anemone, Condylactis gigantea

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Updated 3/6/2014

Family Actiniidae

TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC

Condylactis gigantea

Fleming Bay, Key West, Florida, 6 feet *

GIANT CARIBBEAN ANEMONE

Occasional on rock or rubble in turtle grass beds and coral reefs, yellow-brown with rounded purple or green tips, or entirely maroon or purple. Often inhabited by commensal shrimp. Tropical Western Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.

* Federally-funded images via: "Identification and Characterization of Cryptic Fleming Bay Marine Stingers, Special Forces Underwater Operations (SFUWO) at Fleming Bay, FL", PI Angel Yanagihara with UH Diving Safety Program Divers E. Waldrop, G. Stender, Y. Stender, NIH RMATRIX Award U54RR026136 (May -July, 2011).

These results were also presented in a poster "E. Waldrop, G. Stender, Y. Stender, J. Smith, A. Jaferis, K. Kelly and A. Yanagihara, Identification and Characterization of Cryptic Fleming Bay Marine Stingers, Special Forces Underwater Operations (SFUWO) at Fleming Bay, FL, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology John A. Burns School of Medicine, Biomedical Sciences Symposium. University of Hawai’i’. April 18th, 2012"