An indestructible invasive anemone threatens Chilean Patagonia’s seas

Mongabay
Sep 11, 2025, 6:21 am124 ptsTrending
Diver and artisanal fisherman Daniel Caniullán recalls with frustration the day he went to collect shellfish from a natural bank in northern Chile, only to find hundreds of the plumose anemones covering the seabed. “I found an anemone plague where there used to be locos [edible sea snails]. It is upsetting,…

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