Club-tipped anemone

About this species

Corynactis californica is a brightly colored colonial anthozoan corallimorph. Unlike the Atlantic true sea anemone, Actinia fragacea, that bears the same common name, strawberry anemone, this species is a member of the order Corallimorpharia, and is the only member found on the west coast of North America. Other common names include club-tipped anemone and strawberry corallimorpharian. The anemone can live up to at least 50 meters (164 ft) deep on vertical rock walls, and at the bottom of kelp forests. It is known to carpet the bottom of some areas, like Campbell River in British Columbia, and Monterey Bay in California.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Worldwide (open data)

January: 205 records
February: 188 records
March: 175 records
April: 198 records
May: 187 records
June: 322 records
July: 228 records
August: 216 records
September: 204 records
October: 203 records
November: 128 records
December: 140 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–49 m · Deepest record: 1,300 m

0–10 m: 37 records
10–20 m: 14 records
20–30 m: 42 records
30–40 m: 5 records
40–50 m: 15 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 10–26 °C

8–10 °C: 1 records
10–12 °C: 37 records
12–14 °C: 44 records
14–16 °C: 4 records
16–18 °C: 9 records
18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 48 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 3 records
26–28 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) Will Sides, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Noah Doughty, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) Gavin Skeen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rebecca Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Club-tipped anemone, Strawberry anemone, Strawberry corallimorpharian, Californian Strawberry Anemone, club-tipped anemone, strawberry anemone, strawberry corallimorpharian

Names in 1 more languages

German: Erdbeeranemone

Similar species

Jewel Anemone
Corynactis australis
Corynactis denhartogi
giant ball corallimorph
Paracorynactis hoplites
Corallimorphus niwa
Corallimorphus rigidus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
660 open-data records from 1904 to 2024.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.