Corynactis annulata, or the strawberry anemone, is a bright pink colonial anthozoan similar in body form to sea anemones and scleractinian stony corals. This species is a solitary animal of the order Corallimorpharia.Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2010. Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa
Description The strawberry anemone is a very distinctive small bright pink anemone having white knobs on the ends of its tentacle tips. It grows to a diameter of . Green and reddish colour morphs are also known.Jones, Georgina. A field guide to the marine animals of the Cape Peninsula. SURG, Cape Town, 2008.
Distribution This species is found around the southern African coast from Port Nolloth to Mossel Bay, intertidally to . It is also known from the Inaccessible Archipelago in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
Ecology It occurs in clusters and sheets on rocky reefs and wrecks. It feeds on small planktonic organisms.
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