There are over 800 types of these "wind-flowers," which vary in size from a half inch to 10 inches tall. Relatives of the sea anemone include coral and jellyfish. Like jellyfish, the sea anemone ...

The helpless prey is then guided into the mouth by the tentacles. There are more than 1,000 sea anemone species found throughout the world’s oceans at various depths, although the largest and ...

In this last one a small white sea-anemone occurs abundantly in the fine bottom mud: more than a hundred specimens were obtained during one visit in November. The anemone appears to be ...

More information: Katrin Linse et al, A new species of Fissidentalium (Scaphopoda: Dentaliidae) in association with an actinostolid anemone from the abyssal Labrador Sea, Marine Biodiversity (2024).

Laurent Ballesta (France) endures below-freezing dives to reveal the diversity of life beneath Antarctica’s ice. This is the first-ever photograph of the only sea anemone in the world known to live in ...

Relatives of the sea anemone and every bit as splashy, corals display hues ranging from brilliant ... Thanks to a scientific petition the Center submitted, elkhorn and staghorn corals gained federal ...