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Anemone
The large anemone is a member of the Hormathiidae family, this is one of the two more diverse families in the deep sea and many of the taxa are distinguished based on internal anatomy (Such as how many pairs of mesenteries are complete or the size of nematocysts)
Anemone
The anemone at the fore grround of the image is a member of the Hormathiidae family, this is one of the two more diverse families in the deep sea and many of the taxa are distinguished based on internal anatomy (Such as how many pairs of mesenteries are complete or the size of nematocysts). There is a sea spider pycnogonid Nymphon sp. behond the anemone and the furthest away anemone is unable to be identified in this image
Sea spider
Walking along the seafloorSea spider Pycnogonid, its very difficult to identify pycnogonids from images alone, as idenfication is doen by examining the chela and palps