What kind of Anemone is this?

[SeanT]

In the macro-algae kit I received there are about 5 of these attached to the algaes themselves.
They are no bigger than half the tip of my pinkie.
I imagine they are a pest of some kind. They look nothing like Aiptasia.

http://home.bellsouth.net/coDataImages/p/Groups/96/96182/pages/217515/Anemone1.JPG http://home.bellsouth.net/coDataImages/p/Groups/96/96182/pages/217515/Anemone2.JPG
http://home.bellsouth.net/coDataImages/p/Groups/96/96182/pages/217515/Anemone3.JPG http://home.bellsouth.net/coDataImages/p/Groups/96/96182/pages/217515/Anemonefoot.JPG

Thanks for any help.

[MalHavoc]

They look like majano anemones, which are bad news. They can spread faster than Aiptasia, and can really do a number on corals. Racoon Butterfly fish are supposed to eat them, and I think emperor angels can eat them as well.

Here are some other links.

http://archive.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=103633
http://archive.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=116057&highlight=majano+anemone
http://archive.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=134271&highlight=majano+anemone
http://archive.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=125720

[SeanT]

Thanks Jason.
Is this an Anemone Majano here:
http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/picture_pages/faq_anemonia.html
That doesn't look the same.

[MalHavoc]

I think it is also A. majano, just from a different angle. The tentacles in that photo are obscuring the oral disk so it looks like a coral. Check out the threads I posted - there's a photo of one in the thread that Dr. Ron talks in.