Three squat anemone shrimp (Thor amboinensis), at the base of a tube anemone, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Commensal Shrimp on Tube Anemone, Periclimenes tosaensis, Florida Islands, Solomon Islands

Tube anemone (Boloceroides sp), Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Magnificent Shrimp on Branching Tube Anemone, Periclimenes magnificus, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Branching Tube Anemone, Actinostephanus haeckeli, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

A tube anemone grows on a sandy seafloor in Komodo National Park, Indonesia. This tropical area in the western Pacific harbors an extraordinary array of marine organisms.

A tube anemone (Cerianthid sp.) feeds on planktonic organisms on a sand slope in Indonesia.

Detail of the tentacles of a tube anemone growing on a coral reef near Alor in Indonesia.

Giant tube anemone (Cerianthus sp). Mexico, Sea of Cortez

Tube anemones (pachycerianthus delwynae), wild, day, shore diving, sand, metropolitan, Perth city, Cockburn Sound, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: attractive specie is white with purple tips on the tentacles

Tube anemone close-up, Dumaguete, Negros Island, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Tube Anemone.Mexico, Sea of Cortez

Tube anemone (Cerianthus sp.). Indo Pacific

Tube Anemone (Currently unidentified). Gorontalo, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Tube anemone close-up, Cars, Dumaguete, Negros Island, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Cerianthid tube anemone. Spanish Mediterranean.

Tube Anemone (Cerianthus sp.) beneath Local Fishing Boat. Gorontalo, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Tube anemone close-up, Cars, Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Tube anemone close-up, Cars, Dumaguete, Negros Island, Philippines.

Tube anemone (Cerianthus filiformis)

Tube Anemone (Cerianthus membranaceus), Cyprus, Mediterranean

Tube Anemone (Cerianthus membranaceus), Cyprus, Mediterranean

Tube Anemone (Cerianthus membranaceus), Cyprus, Mediterranean

Tube anemone (Cerianthus filiformis)

Tube Anemone (Cerianthus membranaceus) underwater, Papua New Guinea

The larval stage of a tube anemone (Cerianthus sp), likely around 30 days old at this point, will settle on the bottom at approximately 100 days. Photographed at night one mile off the island of Yap, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia

Fluorescent Tube Anemone (Cerianthidae sp) hunting at night on the sand of the S pass. Mayotte

Tube anemone, Vanua Levu Fidji