anemone-seen anything like this?

[nahtanoj]

just wondering if anyone has seen anything like this on an anemone?

its like a second tiny anemone coming out of the first. the mouth did not split, like a normal split would occur. just curious of everyones thoughts.
thanks
jon

close up

 

[newnanoboy]

wow, cool shot jon... never seen that before, but i'll take it off your hands if it splits ... you have enough of them already!!!

 

[ASommers]

May have had a tare at it's growing a new head out of the tare

 

[dfladermaus]

Budding. Typically behavior of most anemone like corals. You get budding from the oral disc and stalk. It is more prevalent on some soft corals, but all of them do it as a means of asexual reproduction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budding
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_anemone

here is another reefer with the same thing
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...38339&perpage=25&highlight=Calfo&pagenumber=3

Calfo talks about it in his book on inverts as well.

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