SpeciesTentaclesColourVerrucaeZooxanthellae

Anthopleura aureoradiata
(Stuckey, 1909)

Up to 4 cycles
(70 tentacles)

Column: Brown, yellow, and white

Oral Disc: With yellow mark on the peristome, corresponding to the primary endocoels

Tentacles: Brown, mottled with irregular patches of silvery white

In rows, from margin to limbus;

Distally prominent

Present

Anthopleura inconspicua
(Hutton, 1879)

Up to 4 cycles
(120 tentacles)

Column: Olive brown to yellowish white

Oral Disc: Marked with darker lines along the mesenteries

Tentacles: Olive brown margined with white, and often white-spotted

In rows, from margin to mid-column;

Non-prominent

Present

Anthopleura kohli
(Carlgren, 1930)

Up to 4 cycles
(54 tentacles)

Reddish or white (in alcohol)

Not reported

Present

Anthopleura minima
(Stuckey & Walton, 1910)

In 3 cycles
(36 tentacles)

Column: Dark pink or red, to orange or brick

Oral Disc: With radiating gold marks running from the peristome towards the bases of the tentacles

Tentacles: Mottled with silver and brown in a complex pattern

Not reported;

Non-prominent

Absent

Anthopleura rosea
(Stuckey & Walton, 1910)

In 3 cycles
(50 tentacles)

Column: From white or grey to bright orange or olive green

Oral Disc: Creamy white with 12 dark brown rays running out from the peristome

Tentacles: Rosy pink and marked with brown and white spots

In rows, from margin to limbus

Absent