Species profile
Brooding Anemone
Epiactis prolifera
At a glance
Brooding Anemone (Epiactis prolifera) is a cnidarian present across the CatchRules coverage area but without species-specific bag, size, or season rules tracked in our regulatory dataset.
Confirmed by 2,682 research-grade iNaturalist observations, with California, Washington, and British Columbia the top jurisdictions by observation count.
Notable details
- Unique among anemones for brooding live young on the outer wall of its body column.
- Hermaphroditic and capable of self-fertilization.
- Juveniles crawl directly off the parent's body without a free-swimming larval stage.
- Rarely exceeds 2 inches in column diameter.
- Found on rocky intertidal shores from Alaska to Baja California, Mexico.
Where Brooding Anemone are seen
Background
Epiactis prolifera, the brooding, proliferating or small green anemone, is a species of marine invertebrate in the family Actiniidae. It is found in the north-eastern Pacific. It has a feature rare among animals in that all individuals start life as females but develop testes later in their lives to become hermaphrodites.
Background excerpt adapted from Wikipedia's Brooding Anemone article (CC BY-SA). Visit Wikipedia for the full entry.
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