11 March 2021

Actinothoe sphyrodeta - White-striped anemone - Margrietje

Actinothoe sphyrodeta (Gosse, 1858)

White-striped anemone - Margrietje

Syn. Sandalled anemone

Portrush, Northern-Ireland, United Kingdom, 15-7-2011.

Portrush, Northern-Ireland, United Kingdom, 15-7-2011.

Saint John’s Point, Killultan, Ireland, 27-7-2011.

Saint John’s Point, Killultan, Ireland, 25-7-2011.

North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo specimen A, oral disc 8 mm wide, 1 of 10 specimens (this was the largest) on a shattered carapace of Maja brachydactyla, 23-8-2023.

North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo specimen A, 23-8-2023.

North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo of a relocated specimen (1 of 10), 23-8-2023.

North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo of 3 of 10 specimens on a shattered carapace of Maja brachydactyla, 23-8-2023.

North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo of 6 of 10 specimens on a shattered carapace of Maja brachydactyla, (specimen A: top-middle), 23-8-2023. Also tiny specimen with its tentacles withdrawn of Sagartia undata.

Original specimen Westhove - Domburg, the Netherlands, 7-2020. In vitro photo specimens B, 21-6-2021.

Original specimen Westhove - Domburg, the Netherlands, 7-2020. In vitro photo specimens B, 21-6-2021.

Flaauwers Inlaag, the Netherlands, 11-4-2022.

Algarve, Portugal, 11-9-2006.

Wimereux, France, 23-8-2014.


* Collected with the VLIZ research vessel RV Simon Stevin, track 1, coordinates: start 51° 30.360’ N – 2° 39.047’ E - stop 51° 31.539’ N – 2° 39.384’ E