Strawberry anemone
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
The strawberry anemone releases its waste through its mouth.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Strawberry anemone
- Scientific name
- Corynactis californica
- Japanese name
- ストロベリーアネモネ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Corallimorpharia
- Family
- Corallimorphidae
- Genus
- Corynactis
It lives along the west coast of North America and looks like a small, pink sea anemone.
It is more closely related to corals than to sea anemones; because it has no chalky skeleton, it is called a boneless coral.
Fixed to rocks, it catches plankton with its tentacles, and it multiplies by splitting, spreading over the rock in groups.
How the Strawberry anemone lives
It also eats pieces of dead fish. It extends thread-like organs called mesenterial filaments onto its prey. If prey is too large to take inside, it uses these filaments to digest it outside its body.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Size
- 2 cm
- Diet
- Small plankton and organic matter
- Range
- Coast from western North America to Mexico
Where the Strawberry anemone has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ストロベリーアネモネ
- 简体中文
- 加州类拟珊瑚
- 繁體中文
- 加州類擬珊瑚
- Español
- Anémona fresa
- Português (Brasil)
- Corallimorfo-morango
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 葛西臨海水族園 — ストロベリーアネモネChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Corynactis californicaChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
Report a mistakeWhen you meet the Strawberry anemone, look for this
- Look for the hole-like mouth at the center of its spread tentacles.
- You may see its tentacle-bearing surface stretched into an oval and pinched in the middle.
Animals do different things from day to day, so you may not always see this.
葛西臨海水族園EXHIBIT INFORMATION
Places that keep or show the Strawberry anemone
Zoos, aquariums and other places whose official websites say they keep or show this animal.
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Displays can change with the animals’ health and the seasons. Check each facility’s official website before you go.
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