The ornately colored sea anemone (uh-NEM-uh-nee) is named after the equally flashy terrestrial anemone flower. A close relative of coral and jellyfish, anemones are stinging polyps that spend most ...

The starlet sea anemone (Nematostella vectensis) has impressive regenerative abilities, allowing it to grow a new head or foot if cut off. If sliced in half, each piece turns into a complete anemone.

and will rip tentacles from sea anemones if given the chance. Having evolved resistance to the anemones' toxins, the butterflyfish must still get past the smaller, but fiercely territorial ...

Rory and Sandy head to the beach to look for sea anemones, whilst Chantelle meets a sea anemone expert on a night-time rockpool safari. Show more Gabi and Izzy want to find out all about sea ...

Sea anemones produce two main types of toxins ... indicating that these proteins may have evolved diverse functions beyond their original roles in cnidarians[5]. This expansion and diversification ...

Opaque vesicles at two-way interneuronal synapses and at neuromuscular synapses in the oral sphincter muscle of sea anemones can be ... suggests that neuropeptides evolved as neurotransmitters ...