Sea Anemones - The "Flowers" of the Sea
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Anemones! With Friends Like These, Who Needs Anemones?
Relatives of the corals and sea jellies (jellyfish), box-jellies, and hydra, the 900 types of sea anemones comprise a group of oceanic bottom-dwelling, predatory animals of the order Actiniaria of the Class Anthozoa, of the Phylum Cnidaria. Like their other Cnidarian cousins, the sea anemones also have tentacles containing stinging cells as a way to repel attackers and a way to stun and paralyze prey so it can be eaten.
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Although Not As Nasty As Jellyfish Stings, Anemones Can Also Deliver a Zap!
Unlike the jellyfish, hydra, and box-jellies, however, sea anemones do not swim very often (although they can swim in a fashion--usually by unsticking their basal pad (their "foot") and then undulating and twisting and flexing to awkwardly move through the water.
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Although most anemone stings are not harmful to humans, there are a few that can deliver nasty stings. Sometimes, the stings aren't powerful enough to go through your "thick" skin of your hands or the bottom of your feet... but if you brush against an anemone with your more thin and delicate skin such as the side of your arm or your belly or back, you will experience the stings.
Anemone Unfurling its Tentacles at Dinner Time
Anemone Art
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Reefer Color T-Shirt Multiple Colors Available
Aquatic t-shirt for saltwater aquarium lovers. Featuring live rock, gorgonian coral, sun coral, seaweed, anemone, blue mushroom corals, a royal gramma, clownfish, starfish, and scarlet crab.
California Sea Anemone
Anemone Links!
- Snakelocks Anemone from the UK
- This site not only has some pictures of this creature, but also has pictures of what kind of stings you can get from one if you aren't careful!
- Anemone Link!
- This site provides more detailed information on sea anemones.
- Another Sea Anemone Link
- This site has a photograph of another kind of sea anemone.
Long-trunk, deep-water anemones
Sea Anemones by the Bay--eBay, that is!
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Large anemone along with shrimp and smaller anemones in background
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Clownfish and Sea Anemones (Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals) by John Tullock
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favored1
Apr 14, 2012 @ 3:22 pm | delete
- So many things to appreciate that we never really take the time to learn about God's awesome creation. Nicely presented.
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BiminiBahamas
Apr 11, 2012 @ 7:35 am | delete
- Cool lens ... loved it!
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Kenken99
Oct 31, 2010 @ 7:41 am | delete
- Awesome lens!
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PhiladelphiaWriter Oct 20, 2010 @ 11:04 pm | delete
- Love the pictures of the 'nems. Good lens, thumbs up
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JaguarJulie Jun 5, 2010 @ 2:35 pm | delete
- Ha ha, don't YOU be an anemone either! Right up hubby's alley.
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A book on the anemones and their usual residents--the clownfish
Anemone Fishes & Their Host Sea Anemones
Amazon Price: $12.18 (as of 05/28/2012)
Full of illustrations and narratives, this book will give you loads of information on sea anemones and clownfish.... and all about their symbiotic relationships.
Big book of anemones!
Sea Anemones (Creatures of the Sea)
Amazon Price: $23.49 (as of 05/27/2012)
This book covers anemones from A to Z ... and has the photographs and stories to make the whole topic interesting!
A Hobbyist's Guide to Anemones!
Sea Anemones...As a Hobby (Save Our Planet Book)
Amazon Price: $8.94 (as of 05/27/2012)
If you are going to try to maintain an aquarium with some anemones present, you should get this book to keep you from making inadvertent mistakes. A great book for hobbyists!
