- Starburst Anemone
Taxobox
name = Aggregating anemone
image_width = 240px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Cnidaria
classis = Anthozoa
subclassis =Zoantharia
ordo =Actiniaria
subordo =Nyantheae
infraordo =Thenaria
familia =Actiniidae
genus = "Anthopleura "
species = "A. sola"
binomial = "Anthopleura sola"
binomial_authority = (Brandt, 1835)The Starburst Anemone, ("Anthopleura sola") is aspecies ofsea anemone , of the familyActiniidae . It can be found in a low tide zone below the sea level.The Starburst Anemone looks very similar to
Aggregating anemone , "Anthopleura elegantissima" , and formerly was simply identified as a solitary form of A. elegantissima. Pearse and Francis identified it as a separate species by molecular techniques in 2000. It grows larger than "Anthopleura elegantissima" usually does (up to 25 cm wide),cite web | title = Anthopleura sola | publisher = zipcodezoo.com| date = February2008 | url = http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/A/Anthopleura_sola.asp] This species of anemone reproduces sexually.When the feeding tentacles of neighbor Starburst Anemones touch each other, they would inflate their fighting tentacles (called acrorhagi) and fight until one would move.The white tips of acrorhagi is a concentration of stinging cells and when touched, to an enemy, it will slough off - to keep on stinging the enemy again and again. It is interesting to know thatAggregating anemone , "Anthopleura elegantissima" also have the same acrorhagi, which are used to fight their clone war.References
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