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commonly on oysters near Port Isabel. It is 

 usually rich brown with darker stripes. The 

 tentacles may be solid brown, or whitish. The 

 brown color is due mainly to zooxanthellae. Off- 

 shore, in about 10 fathoms, there is a pale powder 

 blue phase found in old Pinna shells. The species 

 is known from the Carolina coast, especially at 

 Beaufort, where it occurs in large colonies (Carl- 

 gren 1952). 

 Bartholomea annulata (LeSueur). 



The tentacles appear to be ringed because of the 

 annular swellings or incomplete bands of nemato- 

 cyst batteries. The column is whitish at the base, 

 darkening to brown near the top. The tentacles 

 are brown. The species is found in Bermuda, 

 Bahamas, and the West Indies, and a specimen 

 has been collected at Port Isabel, Texas. 

 Aiptasiomorpha luciae (Verrill). 



Easily identifiable by its olive green column 

 with orange vertical stripes (when not m a color- 

 less phase), this little anemone (fig. 60) is almost 

 cosmopolitan. It was first observed by Verrill at 

 Woods Hole but may have spread originally from 

 Japan. It is found on the Pacific coast of North 

 America, at various places in Europe, and now 

 from the Texas coast (Port Aransas). 

 Aiptasimorpha texaensis Carlgren and Hedgpeth. 



A small, salmon pink to whitish species locally 

 common in bays of Texas and Louisiana. It has 

 been recorded from salinities as low as 9 parts per 

 thousand, and seems to be an estuarine species. 

 It is usually found on oysters and piling. 

 Ceriantheomorphe brasiliensis Carlgren. 



This cerianthid has been collected near the 

 coast of Texas and northeastern Mexico, and was 

 originally described from San Sebastian, Brazil. 

 Gary reported a colony of cerianthids from the 

 Chandeleur Islands, which may be this species, or 

 possibly Cerianthiopsis americanus, which occurs 

 at Beaufort. Tliesc large burrowing anemones are 

 difficult to collect, and no specimen from the 

 Chandeleurs has come to notice. 



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