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Sea anemones are a group of water dwelling, predatory animals of the order Actiniaria ; they are named after the anemone, a terrestrial flower. As cnidarians, sea anemones are closely related to co...
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The sea anemone is considered to be the flower of the sea. Sea anemones look like plants, but they are really meat-eating animals. Sea anemones come in different sizes and many different colors. ... The sea anemone can attach itself to rocks or coral. In the center of the sea anemone is their mouth. In order for the...
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Sea Anemone Printout. Although Sea Anemones look like flowers, they are predatory animals. ... Reproduction: Sea Anemones reproduce by lateral fission (in which an identical animal sprouts out of the anemone's side) and by sexual reproduction (in which anemones release eggs and sperm, producing free-swimming larvae).
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sea anemone (unem'unē") [key], any of the relatively large, predominantly solitary polyps (see polyp and medusa) of the class Anthozoa, phylum Cnidaria. Unlike the closely related corals, these organisms do not have a skeleton.
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Another picture of an anemone: A Tube-Dwelling anemone; ... A sea anemone usually attaches itself to rocks or coral. They have a central mouth which is surrounded by tentacles with nematocysts, stinging cells that paralyze and entangle small marine animals.
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If they do that, the sea anemone can protect the crab and if the crab is a messy eater, the sea anemone can pick up bits of food from ... The sea anemone eats small fish and shrimp. The sea anemone captures its prey with its deadly stinging tentacles. The sea anemone's mouth and tentacles are located on the top of its body.
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Learn all you wanted to know about sea anemones with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic. ... The ornately colored sea anemone (uh-NEM-uh-nee) is named after the equally flashy terrestrial anemone flower.
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Sea and Sky's Corals & Anemones page 1 contains information about the pineapple coral, staghorn coral, brain coral, torch coral, and star coral. ... Return to the Sea and Sky Home Page...
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A number of anemones burrow into sand, and a few can even swim short distances, by bending the column back and forth or by "flapping" their tentacles. In all, there are about 1000 species of sea anemone in the world's oceans.
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