Common Name: Tree Anemone
Species Name: Actinodendron arboreum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Range: Indo-Pacific Ocean
Natural Environment: Found on sandy bottoms in coral reefs
General Husbandry: Has a temperature range of 72 to 82°F (22 - 27°C). A singly living burrowing anemone that looks somewhat like soft coral. When threatened it retracts into the sand. Not collected for the trade, and since it has a potent toxin, its better left in the wild
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