Burrowing anemone

This large tube-dwelling sea anemone lives buried in mud, sand or shelly mud between 10 and 36 m depth.

Behaviour

Size

Status

Distribution

There are scattered records from St Kilda, the Inner and Outer Hebrides and the Firth of Lorn with one further record from Shetland.

When to see

Facts

Common name

Burrowing anemone

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