The ornately colored sea anemone (uh-NEM-uh-nee) is named after the equally flashy terrestrial anemone flower. A close relative of coral and jellyfish, anemones are stinging polyps that spend most ...

Although the species can be a variety of colors, the ones located in New Jersey have a blue ring at their bottom ... First record of the sea anemone Actinia equina (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) on the ...

Molecular cloaking mechanism unveils the iconic partnership between anemonefish and anemones. The symbiotic relationship ...

A new invasive species has been discovered on the Jersey Shore: an anemone from across the Atlantic Ocean that scientists describe as a greenish blue snot ... tentacled sea creature was a new ...

Biological sciences researchers from the U of A have led the publication of a paper that expands our understanding of sensory ...

Living symbiotically with sea anemones that shelter them from predators, the fish drive away organisms that nibble at their hosts. Anemonefish have also shown they will provide their hosts with ...

Researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding how anemonefish can live safely among sea anemones without being stung by their venomous tentacles, solving a century-long mystery.

Among other things, it highlighted the symbiotic relationship between clownfish and their sea anemone hosts — where the anemone’s sting protects the fish from predators, and in return, the fish help ...

Relatives of the sea anemone include coral and jellyfish. Like jellyfish, the sea anemone has stinging cells on its tentacles. This is how the sea anemone catches its prey and defends itself from ...