Species: Snakelocks anemone

Latin name: Anemonia viridis
Size: column up to 5cm tall plus tentacles up to 15cm long
Colour: brown or bright green with purple tentacle tips
Habitat: lower shore in rockpools
Facts:

These anemones have up to 200 tentacles
They tend not to retract their tentacles like beadlet anemones do
The green colour in the tentacles comes from algae (like seaweed) that lives inside the anemone
The green anemones prefer a sunny spot on the rocks and in rockpools
The green snakelocks anemones tend not to keep their colour once they are in a tank, so look out for the green and brown varieties in our tanks
They can reproduce by tearing off part of their ‘foot’ which grows into a complete anemone

Seashore code: anemones can sting us, it may feel like a nettle sting but it can be worse especially if you are allergic to bee stings, so try not to touch their tentacles