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Family Boloceroididae

TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC

Bunodeopsis globulifera

Fleming Bay, Key West, 6 feet

Amoray resort, Key Largo, 3 feet

STINGING MANGROVE ANEMONE

Common on mangrove roots and turtle grass blades, stinging tentacles extended at night.  Transparent with brown base covered by white-tipped pustules.  Tropical Western Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.  Bunodeopsis antilliensis is a synonym.