About Cryptodendrum adhaesivum (Klunzinger, 1877)
This species of anemone, Cryptodendrum adhaesivum, grows up to 30 centimeters in size. It can be recognized by its colored, beaded, wavy curved edge. This anemone has two distinct forms of tentacles. Near the center of its oral disc, it has narrow, short tentacles that measure around 5 millimeters long. These central tentacles branch into five or more small "fingers", resembling a tiny inflated rubber glove, and they are extremely sticky. The tentacles located around the edge of the oral disc have a bubble-like thickening roughly one millimeter in diameter at their tip. The two types of tentacles are typically different colors from one another. Cryptodendrum adhaesivum has a wide distribution, and can be found in tropical waters ranging from the Indian Ocean to the Western Pacific.
