A close relative of coral and jellyfish, anemones are stinging polyps that spend most of their time attached to rocks on the sea bottom or on coral reefs waiting for fish to pass close enough to ...

small fish and sea urchins. Stinging cells are found on its tentacles, which paralyze its prey. However, it’s safe for humans to touch sea anemones, wildlife officials said. “While it’s ...

The anemone fish lives among the stinging tentacles of the sea anemone and gains a refuge from predation while the anemone gains nutrients from the fish's waste (Figure 12) While these ...

Some of their closest relatives include colourful corals and anemones ... eats by stinging its prey and using the oral arms to waft the food towards its mouth – which is also its anus – and into its ...

Stinging cells, produced by cnidarians such as jellyfish and anemones, are one of ocean creatures' most effective defences. This method of protection can keep almost all predators at bay - but not the ...

Combing through coffee table books on sea life, his eye landed on a photo of two fish peeking out of ... they can't survive without a host anemone, whose stinging tentacles protect them and ...

Although the fish flaunts long fins and swims gracefully, the “lady of the sea” has venomous spines on the fins protruding from its back, stomach and hip. Five red lionfish are kept at Maxell ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Humans are generally too large to feel their zing, but sea anemones harbor stinging cells that remind other marine life to keep a wide berth.

“These carnivores inhale prey and use their stinging tentacles to paralyze them before pulling the snack into their mouth,” wildlife officials said. A sea anemone captured a crab. U.S. Fish ...