Painted Anemone
Urticina grebelnyi
Classification
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Actiniaria
- Family
- Actiniidae
Urticina grebelnyi, commonly known as the painted anemone or Christmas anemone, is a large, colorful sea anemone found from Alaska to Southern California, at depths of 0 to 30 meters, often in high-current rocky habitats. They can live up to 80 years. Description Painted anemones have a cylindrical column, about 15 cm diameter, which is covered in non-adhesive warts, and mottled with irregular patches of green, yellow, red, and white.
Urticana est un genre d'anémones de mer de la famille des Actiniidae.
Urticina es un género de anémonas marinas de la familia Actiniidae. Morfología Su cuerpo es cilíndrico. Su extremo basal es un disco plano que funciona como pie, el disco pedal, que le permite anclarse al sustrato o desplazarse, y su extremo apical es el disco oral, el cual tiene la boca en el centro, y alrededor tentáculos compuestos de cnidocitos, células urticantes provistas de neurotoxinas paralizantes en respuesta al contacto.
Distribution
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