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Carpet Anemone (Stichodactyla haddoni)
Image of captive Carpet Anemone (Stichodactyla haddoni), as identified by anemone expert Daphne Fautin, was taken at the aquarium of the Leipzig Zoo.
Photo from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), an international organization that is working to make the world's biodiversity data accessible anywhere in the world. For more information, visit the GBIF website. [Date of Image: March 2004.]
Credit: ©GBIF; photo by Meredith A. Lane
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