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I NOTICED recently, upon the rocks in Torbay, a number of sea anemones the tentacles of which appeared to fluoresce in sunlight. The effect is limited to the tentacles, for they appear to have a pinkish-brown colour by transmitted light, which changes to vivid green when viewed by light reflected from their surface. The body of the anemone itself is yellowish-brown and does not appear to fluoresce: nor do the pink tips of the tentacles.
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PHILLIPS, C. Fluorescence of Sea Anemones. Nature 119, 747 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119747c0
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