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Sunburst Anemone

anthopleura sola

The Sunburst Anemone is a colorful sea creature that looks like a flower waving in the water! It has beautiful tentacles that can catch tiny food floating by.

Lebensraum: Tidal pools and rocky coastal areas

Aussehen

The Sunburst Anemone has a striking, often solitary appearance with a column that can be red, orange, or white. Its oral disc features radial stripes, resembling a sunburst, surrounded by numerous short tentacles.

ReichAnimaliaStammCnidariaKlasseAnthozoaOrdnungActiniariaFamilieActiniidaeGattungAnthopleura
Sunburst Anemone
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Sunburst Anemone

Kategorie

Invertebrate

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

It can live for many decades, much longer than most pets!

It often lives alone, unlike many anemones that gather in groups!

Its vibrant colors come partly from tiny algae living inside it!

This anemone can regenerate lost tentacles or even its entire body!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Sticky Shield

Sunburst Anemone can cover its column with sand and shell fragments because it has special sticky cells that help them camouflage and protect against predators.

Fähigkeit

Stingy Snacks

Sunburst Anemone can catch passing prey because its tentacles are armed with tiny stinging cells called nematocysts that help them paralyze and grab food.

Fähigkeit

Slow Shuffle

Sunburst Anemone can slowly glide across rocks because it has a muscular 'foot' called a pedal disc that helps them find better feeding spots or escape danger.

Maße und Details

Average Size
15 cm
Lebenserwartung
20 Jahre
Number Of Tentacles
300

Ernährung und Fütterung

This carnivore ambushes small ocean creatures passing by with its stinging tentacles.

Altersunterschiede: null

Hauptnahrung

  • Small fish
  • Crabs
  • Shrimp
  • Zooplankton

Nahrungssuche

  • Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

symbiotic with

Zooxanthellae

Symbiodinium microadriaticum

Algae live inside, providing food from sunlight.

hunts

Common Lagoon Shrimp

Palaemon rathkei

Catches unwary shrimp that swim into its tentacles.

eaten by

Leather Star

Dermasterias imbricata

Some sea stars slowly consume anemones.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Colorful AnemoneRainbow Anemone

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Be careful not to touch their tentacles, as they can sting!

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das average Size von Sunburst Anemone?

15 cm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Sunburst Anemone?

20 Jahre

Was frisst Sunburst Anemone?

This carnivore ambushes small ocean creatures passing by with its stinging tentacles.

Wo findet man Sunburst Anemone normalerweise?

Tidal pools and rocky coastal areas

Wie jagt Sunburst Anemone?

Ambush

Was ist der/die/das number Of Tentacles von Sunburst Anemone?

300

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