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Keep as other disk anemones, i.e. medium to high light intensity and moderate water movement.
The disk anemone has wart-like tentacles with forked ends. Tentacles may be numerous and compressed or few and widely spaced. The outer edge of the oral disc is bordered with thin, short tentacles. Oral disc up to 9 cm in diameter.
Color:Overall green, with bluish overtones or somewhat translucent.
Habitat:Solitary or in small groups, occasionally forming mat-like groups, making individual polyps difficult to distinguish.
Synonyms:
Actinia osculifera Le Sueur, 1817
Actinothrix sancti thomae Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1860
Actinotryx macropapillata Weill, 1929
Actinotryx sancti thomae Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1860
Actinotryx sancti-thomae Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1860
Actinotryx sancti-thomæ Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1860
Aureliania osculifera (Le Sueur, 1817)
Discosoma sanctithomae (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
Discosoma torpida (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1861)
Orinia torpida Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1860
Rhodactis sancti thomae (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
Rhodactis sanctithomae (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
Rhodactis sancti-thomae (Duchassaing & Michelotti)
Rhodactis sancti-thomæ (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)