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Updated 2/9/2025

Family Stichodactylidae

INDO-EAST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Radianthus malu

Kure Atoll, 60 feet

 

Ma'alaea Bay, Maui


Rainbow Reef, Fiji, 8 feet

Wakatobi, Indonesia

 

Rainbow Reef, Fiji, 30 feet


Komodo, Indonesia
  
   

SAND ANEMONE

Rare in sandy rubble at any depth, formerly common in Kaneohe Bay and Ma'alaea Bay.  White with orange, green, blue, or violet fluorescence, often with white elaborations and purple tips.  Attains 12 inches but usually much less.  Sometimes accompanied by the tiny commensal shrimp, Thor amboinensis, or juvenile Hawaiian Dascyllus.  Hawaii, East Indian Ocean & the Tropical Pacific.  It is unclear if this is a form of Heteractis aurora.