The beautiful center and opening of the Beaded Sea Anemone (Heteractis aurora).
Nikonos RS SLR camera; Nikonos 50mm objective and Rene Aumann UW Services X2 teleconverter; two Nikonos S-105 strobes; Ektachrome VS 100 film; F16; 1/125s; TTL. Taken at: 10m depth; diving from MS. FeBrina. Trip organised by Chris Newbert of RS Tours. Shot on: 07:38 8th March 2005; sunny, strong current. The Heteractis aurora, or Beaded Sea Anemone is distributed around the Red Sea, India, Melanesia and Polynesia. There are about seven species of anemonefish that are associated with this particular anemone. This species has been recorded as large as one third of a meter in diameter. The tentacles appear to have bulbs or swells at various intervals.
Size: 8273px × 5315px
Location: Chuck's Bear, Kwato Island, Papua New Guinea.
Photo credit: © Malcolm Ross / Alamy / Afripics
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