[1] This anemone grows to a size of 30 centimeters and is distinguished by its colored, beaded and waving curved edge.

At the center of the oral disc, it has narrow, short, about 5 mm long, tentacles that are branched with five or more "fingers", like a small, inflated rubber glove.

[2] The two different tentacles and pizza crust type edge distinguish C. adhaesivum from superficially similar Stichodactyla specimens.

C. adhaesivum is widely distributed being found in tropical waters from the Indian Ocean to the Western Pacific.

The relationship between anemonefish and their host sea anemones is highly nested in structure.