Sea anemones, perhaps Aiptasia couchii, attached to a rock covered in encrusting red seaweeds (Lithophyllum incrustans and others).
Population has exploded on Mytilus galloprovincialis on at least one floating dock in the Santa Barbara Harbor.
Some of the images show acontia, asexual reproduction by pedal laceration, and aftermath of predation by the nudibranch Aeolidia loui.
2nd image show asexual reproduction via pedal laceration.
Population has exploded on Mytilus galloprovincialis on at least one floating dock in the Santa Barbara Harbor.
Some of the images show acontia, asexual reproduction by pedal laceration, and aftermath of predation by the nudibranch Aeolidia loui.
Red spotted anemone found on underside of rock/boulders typically alongside B. violaceous, Didemnum, and encrusting bryoazoans. Also found in bedrock outcrop cracks and crevices.