Anemone
Anemones belong to the phylujm Cnidaria and the class Anthoza.
The anemone has a flower-like appearance but it is an animal.
They have a single foot at the bottom of the base and they move
much like a snail.��Most anemones have a symbiotic algae
living within their tissue.��The algae uses carbon
dioxide and ammonia from the anemone and in return gives the
anemone sugars for food, and oxygen.��Anemones have
poisonus stingers on the tips of their tentacles.��
Most will not harm humans, you would only feel the anemone sticking
to your skin.
I have had this one for 6 months.
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Tube Worms�(Spirobranchus giganteus)
[Christmas Tree Worms]
This invertebrate gets its name from the christmas tree shaped feather
like appendages.��The worm feeds by trapping Plankton in the finely
branched, and brightly colored feathers.��When distrubed the worm
instantly retracts its body and feathers in to the hole it bored into the
coral.
They come in many different colors, White, Blue, and Red are some that I have seen.
I have had these since December 98. There are 5 in this picture.
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