Watch An Unsuspecting Isopod Get Grabbed By A Not-So-Innocent Pink Sea Anemone Despite their pom-pom like appearance sea anemones are voracious predators. Eleanor Higgs. Eleanor Higgs.

Scientists have long sought to understand why sea spiders keep some of their most important organs in their legs.

The sea anemone’s stinging tentacles serve as the ultimate defense mechanism for the crab. In exchange for this defense, boxer crabs feed their helpful partners.

The sea anemone’s central body is cream with pink wart-like bumps. These bumps can expel water, ... Sea anemone stings hurt worse when the species has battery-like stingers, Yap said.

The anemone, named Discoactis tritentaculata, or “umi-no-Fujisan,” which translates to “Mount Fuji of the ocean” in Japanese, ...

Fluorescence microscopy images reveal what happens when a starlet sea anemone stings. Over time (left to right), the stinger launches a shaft (colored green) from a pressurized capsule (pink).

Systemic coordination of whole-body tissue remodeling during local regeneration in sea anemones. Developmental Cell , 2024; DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.11.001 Cite This Page : ...

Scientists discovered multipotent stem cells in scarlet sea anemones, explaining their regenerative abilities and potentially advancing human anti-aging research.

The team was observing some anemones 688 meters (2,260 feet) below the ocean's surface. So far so good. While their delighted voices can be heard in the video – "It's like we're in the Barbie ...