The sea anemone is an oddball: half-plant and half-animal, at least when it comes to its genetic code, new research suggests. The sea creature's genes look more like those of animals, but the ...

In fact, anemones dish out stings using special anatomy similar to that of a jellyfish, a close relative of the sea anemone. MORE FROM FORBES ADVISOR Best High-Yield Savings Accounts Of 2024 ...

The team found the sea anemone's simple anatomy hides a complicated network of gene interactions, similar to those found in higher animals such as fruit flies and humans.

As Dr. Plotnick brushed up on sea anemone anatomy, the ambiguous blobs came into focus. “All the things that bothered us about this being a jellyfish now makes sense,” he said.

Simple sea anemones not so simple after all Tube-dwelling anemones have largest mitochondrial genome on record Date: April 23, 2019 Source: Ohio State University ...

The anemone, named Discoactis tritentaculata, or “umi-no-Fujisan,” which translates to “Mount Fuji of the ocean” in Japanese, ...

In fact, sea anemones belong to a group of animals called cnidarians, that also includes jellyfish. ... although their anatomy is very different. To make things even more confusing, ...

These fossilized “blobs” were a puzzle 310 million years old. Paleontologists decided that they were odd jellyfish named Essexella asherae. But the creature’s anatomy was unlike that of any ...

Francisca’s cluster anemones were found growing over sea sponges or “directly” on rocky cliffs, researchers said. They preferred “coastal caves and shaded places” at depths of about 10 ...

The sea anemone is an oddball: half-plant and half-animal, ... The team found the sea anemone's simple anatomy hides a complicated network of gene interactions, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The tube-dwelling anemone is an ancient sea creature that resembles a prehistoric flower. The animals live slow, long and predictable lifestyles and look fairly similar from ...