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Strawberry Anemone

actinia fragacea

The Strawberry Anemone is a colorful sea creature that looks like a flower waving in the ocean. It loves to stick to rocks and can change its color to blend in with its surroundings!

Lebensraum: Coastal waters, often found in tide pools and on rocky substrates.

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The Strawberry Anemone is a vibrant, disc-shaped anemone, typically deep red or pink, often with white or pale green 'spots' resembling a strawberry. It has numerous short, transparent tentacles arranged in rows around a central mouth, and often appears smooth and plump when closed.

ReichAnimaliaStammCnidariaKlasseAnthozoaOrdnungActiniariaFamilieActiniidaeGattungActinia
Strawberry Anemone
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Strawberry Anemone

Kategorie

Invertebrate

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

It can clone itself by budding off tiny new anemones from its base!

It can close up like a jelly ball to survive when the tide goes out!

Its super-sticky "foot" glues it firmly to rocks, even in crashing waves!

This anemone can live for over 50 years, making it one of the longest-lived invertebrates!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Sticky Snare

Strawberry Anemone can sting and capture prey with its nematocyst-filled tentacles because of specialized cells that release tiny harpoons.

Fähigkeit

Self-Sealing Shield

Strawberry Anemone can fully retract its tentacles and seal its body tightly because of strong sphincter muscles that prevent water loss and protect it.

Fähigkeit

Budding Builder

Strawberry Anemone can create perfect copies of itself through asexual reproduction called budding because of its ability to grow new individuals directly from its base.

Maße und Details

Size Cm
3-8 cm diameter
Lifespan Years
50 Jahre
Tentacle Count
192
Color Variations
red, pink, purple, orange, green, brown

Ernährung und Fütterung

This anemone is a carnivore, grabbing small passing animals with its sticky tentacles.

Hauptnahrung

  • Small crustaceans
  • Zooplankton
  • Tiny fish larvae
  • Detritus

Nahrungssuche

  • Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Shaggy Sea Hare

Aeolidia papillosa

This sea slug preys on anemones including this species.

eaten by

Common Starfish

Asterias rubens

This starfish is a known predator of sessile marine invertebrates.

eats

Calanus Copepod

Calanus finmarchicus

Anemones capture these tiny drifting crustaceans with their stinging tentacles.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Ocean Anemone

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Do not touch wild anemones as they can sting.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Wie groß ist Strawberry Anemone?

3-8 cm diameter

Wie lange lebt Strawberry Anemone?

50 Jahre

Was frisst Strawberry Anemone?

This anemone is a carnivore, grabbing small passing animals with its sticky tentacles.

Wo findet man Strawberry Anemone normalerweise?

Coastal waters, often found in tide pools and on rocky substrates.

Wie jagt Strawberry Anemone?

Ambush

Was ist der/die/das tentacle Count von Strawberry Anemone?

192

Was ist der/die/das color Variations von Strawberry Anemone?

red, pink, purple, orange, green, brown

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