File:Anthopleura sola.jpg
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You have to be lucky to find one of these this green. I had thought that the bright green color came from a colony of algae growing inside the translucent flesh which is only two true layers thick. However, I have just learned from Chitons (see comment below) that the beautiful color comes from a green flourescent protein GFP. I have still never seen one as bright green as this one since I have been going to the coast all these years. A. sola (also known as the sunburst anemone) has parallel rows of fairly large and separated tubercles, whereas A. xanthogrammica has randomly placed small and densely placed tubercles, usually with more of a uniform olive green coloration. |
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| Source | Giant Green Anemone - Anthopleura sola |
| Author | Jerry Kirkhart from Los Osos, Calif. |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by jkirkhart35 at https://www.flickr.com/photos/33466410@N00/412374895. It was reviewed on 11 October 2013 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. |
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