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anthopleura artemisia
The Moonglow Anemone is a beautiful sea creature that glows softly in the dark! It has colorful tentacles that sway gently in the water, making it look like a magical underwater plant.
Lebensraum: Moonglow Anemones live in the shallow waters of the Pacific Ocean, often found on rocky shores and coral reefs.
The Moonglow Anemone has a smooth, pale to whitish column often buried, with a ring of delicate, translucent tentacles surrounding a central oral disc. Its disc and tentacles can range from iridescent white to cream, sometimes with hints of green or pink, making it appear to glow softly.
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Kategorie
InvertebrateSeltenheit
Common
Gefahr
2/5 · Gering
Snaps
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It often lives attached to a buried shell or rock, hiding its base!
Its 'moonglow' name comes from its soft, pearly, iridescent appearance!
Some tiny crabs cleverly use its stinging tentacles as a defense shield!
The anemone's 'mouth' also serves as its 'anus' for waste removal!
Moonglow Anemone has specialized stinging cells called nematocysts on its tentacles that paralyze small prey.
Moonglow Anemone hosts tiny algae in its tissues that create extra food using sunlight, helping it survive.
Moonglow Anemone can quickly retract its entire body and tentacles into the sand or gravel for protection.
This anemone is a carnivore, using its tentacles to catch tiny creatures in the ocean.
Symbiodinium microadriaticum
Provides energy through photosynthesis.
Flabellina iodinea
Feeds on anemone tissues.
Pisaster ochraceus
Preys on anemones in tide pools.
Pagurus samuelis
Finds protection among its tentacles.
Einzelgänger leben den größten Teil ihres Lebens allein und interagieren mit Artgenossen nur zur Paarung oder zur Aufzucht der Jungen.
Farbenfroh beschreibt Organismen oder Objekte, die eine große Vielfalt an leuchtenden und deutlich erkennbaren Farben aufweisen.
Filtrierer nehmen Nährstoffe auf, indem sie schwebende Nahrungspartikel und kleine Organismen aus dem Wasser filtern.
Dieses Merkmal kennzeichnet Organismen, deren Ernährung vollständig oder hauptsächlich aus tierischem Gewebe besteht.
Marine Lebensräume umfassen alle Salzwasserumgebungen der Ozeane der Erde und beherbergen eine immense Vielfalt an Wasserlebewesen.
Gefahr
2/5 · Gering
Be careful not to touch their tentacles, as they can sting!
15 Jahre
This anemone is a carnivore, using its tentacles to catch tiny creatures in the ocean.
Moonglow Anemones live in the shallow waters of the Pacific Ocean, often found on rocky shores and coral reefs.
Ambush
150
5 cm
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