Name: Sea-anemone
Scientific Name: Anemonia sulcata (Pennant)
Family: Actiniidae
Group: Anemones, corals and jellyfish
Class: Invertebrates
Size: 26-50 cm.
This anemone is very common in the most protected parts of the tidal zone. Unlike other anemones, this one cannot retract its long tentacles. So, to lessen its loss of water during low tide, it reduces the exposed area of its body.It lives in symbiosis with green algae (which give it its typical coloration) and for that reason it inhabits places close to the surface and with plenty of sunlight. Besides obtaining nutrients from the algae living on its body, this anemone feeds on small fish and invertebrates.
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Oceanário Location
North Atlantic
