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Anthopleura ballii

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of the larva and to the gastrodermal cells of the adult. This method of acquiring zooxanthellae is unusual. In tropical seas zooxanthellae are frequently liberated into the sea by symbiotic invertebrates and occur in the faeces of predators feeding on symbiotic cnidarians. This means that there is
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organisms and provide the sea anemone with nutrients and energy, the products of photosynthesis. This type of arrangement is common in corals and sea anemones in nutrient-deficient tropical seas but is rare in temperate waters, which tend to be nutrient-rich. Researchers have found that the ova
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has a broad base up to 5 cm (2 in) across and a trumpet-shaped column up to 10 cm (4 in) high. The surface of the column bears forty-eight longitudinal rows of small warts, each tipped with red. The oral disc is wide and there are up to 96 tapering tentacles arranged in five
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whorls. These are retractable to a limited extent and are flecked with white. The colouring of this species is variable, being some shade of red or yellow, with the tentacles sometimes having an iridescent green sheen. The warts are non-adhesive. This is in contrast to the closely related
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zooxanthellae just before spawning takes place. The zooxanthellae are restricted to one side of the ovum and during the rearrangement of tissues that takes place during the development of the embryo into a
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as they burrow, under boulders and in other concealed locations. It is sometimes attached to pebbles and shells and may be semi-immersed in sand or mud.
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little need for maternal transfer of symbionts. This is not the case in temperate seas where free-living zooxanthellae are scarce.
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is native to northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the coasts of Western Europe. It is found on rocky coasts from the
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down to depths of about 25 metres (82 ft). It usually occurs in crevices, in the holes made by
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at low tide, showing the distinctive warts on its trumpet-shaped column. Brittany, France.
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Coelenterate Biology 2003: Trends in Research on Cnidaria and Ctenophora
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Fautin, Daphne G.; Westfall, Jane A.; Cartwright, P. (7 November 2007).
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Blaschka models
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Cnidaria
Hexacorallia
Actiniaria
Actiniidae
Anthopleura
Binomial name
Cocks
species
family
Actiniidae

glaucous pimplet
intertidal zone
piddocks
dinoflagellates
Symbiodinium
photosynthetic
maternal
planula larva
endoderm
gonochoric
broadcast spawner
Robert Ball
"Anthopleura ballii (Cocks, 1851)"

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