A marine cnidarian species belonging to the sea anemone family Actiniidae, characterized by its vibrant red coloration and unique predatory behavior in subtidal marine environments of the Northeast Pacific Ocean.
Subtidal rocky coastal zones along the Pacific Northwest coast of North America, typically found at depths between 0-50 meters, attached to rocky substrates in cool temperate marine ecosystems
Plays a critical role in marine food webs as a predatory organism, consuming fish and other marine invertebrates, and providing microhabitat complexity for other marine species