Stinging Tentacles by tmathise

Photography • Creatures • posted on Aug 26, 2006

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Description

Phylum: Cnidaria (the "C" is silent in pronunciation) Class: Anthozoa Order: Actiniaria A sea anemone usually attaches itself to rocks or coral. They have a central mouth which is surrounded by tentacles with nematocysts, stinging cells that paralyze and entangle small marine animals. Sea anemones primarily reproduce sexually: most often, their eggs are fertilized in the gastric cavity, and then their young are released through the mouth temporarily as free-swimming larvae--they soon find somewhere to attach themselves to. A few sea anemones have symbiotic relationships with some hermit crabs; they attach themselves on the shell of the hermit crab (or they are attached by the hermit crab). There are theories that this is beneficial to the hermit crab for protection since the stinging cells on certain sea anemones can be quite potent, and the sea anemone may benefit from scraps of the hermit crab's food that it did not eat. They are the relatives of corals and sea fans. They exist only in the polyp stage and obtain their food by filter feeding. Source: http://www.cyhaus.com/marine/anemone.htm Thanks for looking, have a beautiful day!

Comments (10)

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Mondwin

10:32AM | Sat, 26 August 2006

Really a superbly undersee flower capture!!!!Bravissimo as Your usual!!:DDD.Hugsxx

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marybelgium

10:58AM | Sat, 26 August 2006

wonderful interplay of light and shadow !

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teoratiu

11:00AM | Sat, 26 August 2006

thanx for sharing and information. It's a pleasure to follow your daily postings.

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Loloe

11:21AM | Sat, 26 August 2006

Beautiful shot Troy!!! Bravo!!! hugs

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Hendesse

11:31AM | Sat, 26 August 2006

Outstanding underwater shot. Looks really interesting. Beautiful light and mood!!

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PaxSV

12:01PM | Sat, 26 August 2006

Beautifull sobject, it remember me a lot of great memory... PS: "Troy" this name remenber me my favourite rider (Troy Bayliss) Have a great day, PaxSV

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_Bee

12:28AM | Sun, 27 August 2006

This is one flower with a heap of hidden bees! Lovely lighting on a great capture!

Valerie-Ducom

6:52AM | Sun, 27 August 2006

wow amazing picture and excellent composition as always, a pleasure for my eyes :) Thank you for sharing this one!!! Excellent done... Bisous et bonne journ :D

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