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A large green sea anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) with a mussel shellnear its feeding orifice.The sea anemone will ingest the mussel, absorb ediblematerials, and excrete the shell through the same orifice.
Photographer
Dr. Dwayne Meadows
Location
California, Bodega Bay area
Collection
Fisheries
NOAA Affiliation
NOAA
NMFS
OPR
Keywords
Fisheries Habitat
Rocky Coast