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Family Actiniidae

TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC

Condylactis gigantea

Fleming Bay, Key West, Florida, 6 feet

GIANT CARIBBEAN ANEMONE

Occasional on rock or rubble in turtle grass beds and coral reefs, yellow-brown with rounded purple or green tips, or entirely maroon or purple.  Often inhabited by commensal shrimp.  Tropical Western Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.