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Updated 12/6/2025

Family Actiniidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

WESTERN ATLANTIC 

Gyractis sesere



Kahala, Oahu, 4 feet




Kahului, Maui, 10 feet

  

 

 

  

SESERE'S ANEMONE

Locally common near shore among mixed rock and sand exposed to surge.  Adults green, young gray or tan with white flecks, oral disc with dark radiating lines.  It has a warty adhesive column and attains a diameter of 1.5 inch.  East Africa to Hawaii and Easter Island; Western Atlantic.  Formerly known as Actiniogeton sesere.