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A Beadlet anemone (Actinia equina) garden. These little sea creatures open their tentacles like flowers once the tide returns - using them to catch prey as it drifts past.
County Donegal, Ireland.

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A Beadlet Anemone (Actinia equina) finishing off a meal of Brown Crab (Cancer pagurus) in a rockpool on the lowtide.
County Clare, Ireland.

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A Beadlet Anemone (Actinia equina) With its blue beads (stinging cells) showing nicely. They use these on each other when jostling for position in rockpools.
County Clare, Ireland.

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A Beadlet anemone (Actinia equina) and Snakelocks anemone (Anemonia viridis).
County Clare, Ireland.

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A brown Beadlet anemone (Actinia equina) and two Purple topshells (Gibbula umbilicalis) sharing a lowtide rockpool.
County Clare, Ireland.

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A wall of Beadlet Anemones (Actinia equina) waiting for the tide to return.
County Clare, Ireland.

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A group of Limpets a Beadlet Anemone a couple of Periwinkles and some Topshells all crowded together in this wee corner to shelter from the recent stormy weather. Once the sea settles down a bit they'll all move out to look for food.

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Beadlet Anemones (Actinia equina) providing crimson starbusts in a rockpool coated in light pink Coralline algae (Lithophyllum incrustans).
County Clare, Ireland.

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A Beadlet Anemone (Actinia equina) with a small Blue rayed limpet (Patella pellucida) sitting like a jewel in its crown. County Clare, Ireland.

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A green Beadlet Anemone (Actinia equina) finishing off a Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) lunch 🦀😋
County Clare, Ireland.

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This wee rockpool supports its own miniature environment - with Beadlet Anemones (Actinia equina) Grey Topshells (Steromphala cineraria) Common Limpets (Patella vulgata) Sea lettuce (Ulua Lactuca) Coral weed (Corallina officinalis) and Pink encrusting coralline algae (Lithophyllum incrustans) among others! County Clare, Ireland.

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A Strawberry Anemone (Actinia fragacea) and a Beadlet Anemone (Actinia equina), County Clare, Ireland.

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