The Dahlia Anemone (Urticina felina), referred to as the northern red anemone alongside the closely related mottled anemone (Urticina crassicornis), is a sea anemone found in the north Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. Its color is variable, from deep red to brown or purplish, with green spots and darker tentacles. Dahlia anemones live attached to rock on the seabed from the lower tidal limit down to a depth of 100 m and also attached to other organisms. Their diet comprises small fish and crustaceans, which they immobilize by firing groups of stinging cells (cnidae) into them.
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