Beadlet Anemone
Description
of the Beadlet Anemone
The Beadlet Anemone is a common sea anemone found on rocky
shores around the United Kingdom, Western Europe and the
Mediterranean. It has up to 192 tentacles arranged in six
circles and it can be up to 5cm in diameter. If the Beadlet sea
anemone is taken out of the water, it retracts it tentacles and
looks similar in appearance to a blob of jelly!
Profile of
the Beadlet Anemone
This
Profile contains interesting facts and information about the
Beadlet Anemone species.
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Size: 5cm
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Diet / Feeding:
Small animals and plant material that are paralysed by the
toxin released from its tentacles
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Temperament:
Has a symbiotic relationship with anemone fish who lay their
eggs on the sea anemone and use it for protection from
predators
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Habitat: Attach
themselves to the sea bed, rocks or other submerged
articles, can also attach themselves to other marine life
such as Hermit Crab shells
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Range: Coast of
United Kingdom. Western Europe and Mediterranean
Scientific
Classification of the Beadlet Anemone
Definition: Scientific
classification, or biological classification, is how biologists
group and categorize species of organisms with shared physical
characteristics. Scientific classification belongs to the
science of taxonomy.
Interesting Information about Sea Anemones
Sea Anemones are named after the
Anemone flower. They are a predatory animal that releases a
toxin to paralyse its prey. The prey is then moved into the
anemones gastro vascular cavity. The poison secreted by a sea
anemone affects fish and crustaceans. The Clown Fish or
Anemonefish however has a mutually symbiotic relationship with
the sea anemone, they are not affected by its poison and live
among its tentacles, indeed laying their eggs on the anemone
itself. The clownfish uses the sea anemone as a form of defence
from larger predators.
Sea Anemones - Anatomy -
Beadlet Anemone
The sea anemone has just one
external opening. This single opening acts as both a mouth and
an anus. All waste and undigested material is excreted through
this opening. A sea anemone has no sense organs, its nervous
system is very primitive but it does have nerves and muscles.
The anemone doesn't have a skeleton, it keeps itself stable by
closing its mouth enabling it to stay rigid.
Sea Anemones - Movement -
Beadlet Anemone
Can a sea anemone move? Although
sea anemones usually remain static, they can use their pedal
disc to move slowly flexing their body or using their tentacles
to swim slowly to another location. They can attach themselves
to a rock, the sea bed or the shell of a crustacean, a hermit
crab for example. A sea anemone will only move location if they
are attacked by a predator or the conditions of the water are
unsuitable.
Interesting Facts and Information about
Beadlet Anemone
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