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Updated 8/21/2024

Family Stichodactylidae

INDO-PACIFIC

Heteractis aurora

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