sea anemone
noun
: any of numerous usually solitary anthozoan polyps (order Actiniaria) whose form, bright and varied colors, and cluster of tentacles superficially resemble a flower
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Nodules provide a habitat to species including sponges, soft corals and sea anemones and the muddy abyssal plains are home to sea cucumbers, starfish, anemones, crustaceans, worms and sponges.
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Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
The creatures are related to jellyfish, sea anemones and corals.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
Another remarkable example of symbiosis in the ocean is the relationship between sea anemones and anemonefish.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Despite their misleading name, yellow cluster anemones are not sea anemones but rather zoantharians, a related marine invertebrate that lives in colonies.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
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Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
The creatures are related to jellyfish, sea anemones and corals.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
Another remarkable example of symbiosis in the ocean is the relationship between sea anemones and anemonefish.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Despite their misleading name, yellow cluster anemones are not sea anemones but rather zoantharians, a related marine invertebrate that lives in colonies.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sea anemone
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“Sea anemone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20anemone. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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