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Updated 1/31/2025

Family Stichodactylidae

INDO-PACIFIC

Heteractis aurora

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

AURORA ANEMONE

Uncommon on sand and rubble within lagoons.  Radiating lines from mouth, tentacles on most are annulated, while others have sac-like tentacles.  Red Sea to Japan and the Line Islands, excluding Hawaii.  Heteractis malu may be a form of this species.