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Starlet sea anemone Nematostella
vectensis
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Starlet sea anemone
Nematostella vectensis
Basic information
Key Information researched by: Angus
Jackson
This information is not refereed. |
Nematostella vectensis, one individual removed
from the substratum. Image width ca 3 cm
Image:
Dennis R. Seaward Image
copyright information |
| Phylum |
Cnidaria |
Hydroids, jellyfish, sea anemones & corals |
| Class |
Hexacorallia |
Sea anemones and true corals |
| Britain and Ireland Distribution |
Found on north coast of
Norfolk, the east coast of Suffolk and on the south
coast of Dorset. |
| Habitat information |
Lives in brackish lagoons at or above high
water, typically in mud but is also found on
vegetation. |
| Description |
A tiny anemone,
with the column rarely more than 15 mm in length.
Translucent and colourless in appearance except for
variable patterns of opaque white on the column and
disk. Tentacles large in proportion to body, colourless
and translucent with pale tips and with faint
transverse bars and irregular flecks of white. The
tentacles (9 - 18) are very strongly adhesive. |
| Scientific Name |
Nematostella vectensis |
| Comments |
with egg masses |
| Acknowledgements |
Permission by Prof. C. Hand to take this picture in the
Bodega Marine Lab, University of California is
gratefully acknowledged. |
| Copyright |
©
2000 Ron Ates |
For more information consult:
http://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/Nematostellavectensis.htm
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Preservation Association