Heteractis aurora is a species of sea anemone in the family Heteractidae.

The tentacles reach 50 mm in length, may be sticky when touched, and can have tips of a magenta colouration.

[1] This species has a broad, flattened oral disc reaching 250 mm wide, and may have white or brown markings that radiate from the centre, and even continue up and along the tentacles.

[1] This species lives among coral, and along rocky reef edges and on slopes, normally in areas with strong currents.

They attach themselves to a surface, and remain partially buried in sediment or sand.