sea anemones

  • 1sea anemones — Actinia Ac*tin i*a, n.; pl. L. {Actini[ae]}, E. {Actinias}. [Latinized fr. Gr. ?, ?, ray.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family {Actinid[ae]}. From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called {animal… …

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  • 2Sea anemone — Sea anemones Various examples of sea anemones Scientific classification …

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  • 3sea anemone — any sedentary marine animal of the phylum Coelenterata, having a columnar body and one or more circles of tentacles surrounding the mouth. [1735 45] * * * Any of more than 1,000 cnidarian species in the order Actiniaria, found from the tidal zone …

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  • 4Sea pen — For other uses, see Pen (disambiguation). Sea pens Temporal range: Cambrian–Recent …

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  • 5sea anemone — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms sea anemone : singular sea anemone plural sea anemones a small brightly coloured sea animal that looks like a flower and fixes itself onto a rock …

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  • 6Orange-Striped Sea Anemone — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …

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  • 7Monactis (sea anemone) — This article is about the genus of sea anemones. For the genus of flowering plants, see Monactis. Monactis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria …

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  • 8Coral Sea — For other uses, see Coral Sea (disambiguation). Coral Sea Basin countries Australia, New Caledonia (France), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands …

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  • 9Red Sea clownfish — Taxobox name = Red Sea clownfish image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Pomacentridae genus = Amphiprion species = A. bicinctus binomial = Amphiprion bicinctus binomial… …

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  • 10seabather's eruption — sea·bath·er s eruption sē .bā thərz n acute pruritic dermatitis that occurs on parts of the body covered by a bathing suit within 24 hours after exposure to seawater containing certain tiny coelenterate larvae (as of jellyfishes, sea anemones, or …

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