This North Sea tube anemone (Cerianthus lloydii) wasn’t found in the North Sea, but in a sea Loch off the the Atlantic (I know the North Sea is part of the Atlantic too, but this was on the west side of Scotland rather than the east). They live all around the UK, and I saw this one intertidally up in the Scottish Highlands. The tentacles retract into the tube when disturbed. It was an exciting find!

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