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Actinia bermudensis

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living within its tissues but they are of a non-photosynthetic species. It is doubtful whether this should be called symbiosis as the anemone does not seem to derive any benefit from the arrangement. At times of food scarcity, however, the anemone may consume the zooxanthellae.
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cavity until they have grown sufficiently large to be liberated into the water column. There are ten times as many females among these brooded young as there are males. Another method of reproduction is a form of
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of the parent and genetically identical. Alternatively, sexual reproduction occurs, with internal fertilisation. In this case the juvenile sea anemones are brooded by the parent in the
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are used to discourage other individuals from moving into the anemone's territory. Intruding anemones are not normally killed but usually retire to a safer place.
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Seashore animals of the Southeast: a guide to common shallow-water invertebrates of the Southeastern Atlantic Coast
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She opens up when it is storm and waits when strong waves bring her some fish and plancton
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which are armed with cnidocytes. The general colour of the anemone is dark red or maroon.
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World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
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Marine Invertebrates of Bermuda. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
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Reproduction can take place by fission, the anemone
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Cnidaria
Hexacorallia
Actiniaria
Actiniidae
Actinia
Binomial name
McMurrich
species
sea anemone
family
Actiniidae
pedal disc
cnidocytes
tentacles
West Indies
Bermuda
Florida
Brazil
intertidal
sublittoral zone
omnivore
prey
gastropods
isopods
bivalves

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