The Snakelocks Anemone is a small green sea creature with long stinging tentacles.  It can be seen on the western coastline of England and in the English Channel.  It can also be spotted in rock pools which are situated in sunny locations and also in shallow sea water clinging onto rocks. 

The Snakelocks Anemone is around five centimetres in length and although it is usually green, it sometimes can be a brown or grey colour. It has around two hundred snake-like tentacles and this is why it has the name ‘Snakelocks’.  The tentacles are green with light purple tips and are used to sting prey.  The sting is not only painful to humans, but it can also leave a rash on the skin for up to a month.  This anemone does not close its tentacles like the Beadlet Anemone does, but keeps them free-flowing all the time.

Snakelocks Anemones have a special relationship with Leach Spider Crabs because these crabs hide amongst the stinging tentacles of the Snakelocks Anemones so they can protect themselves from predators.  Both these sea creatures don’t seem to have a problem living together.