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 ...

A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...

Hundreds of feet below the surface of the ocean, a submersible robot explored an underwater mountain off the coast of Japan. A “flower”-like sea creature caught the attention of scientists watching ...

“This species is relatively small and attaches to hard substrates at greater depths, so it is difficult to observe,” she said in a March 10 email. There are about 160 documented sea anemones ...

suggesting that different species have evolved similar adaptations for achieving symbiosis with sea anemones. A particularly interesting finding was the correlation between sialic acid levels and ...

Some species of nudibranch have turned to a life of crime ... the nudibranch will continue to prey on the cnidarian, most commonly a sea anemone, in the hopes of a well-earned meal. The long cerata on ...

Branching species grow 10–20 mm per year while massive ... The anemone fish lives among the stinging tentacles of the sea anemone and gains a refuge from predation while the anemone gains ...

Once they've set up housekeeping, Anthopleura and many of its neighbors in the intertidal zone show exceptional longevity, both individually and as species. Sea anemones have lived decades in ...