Actinaria


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Noun1.Actinaria - sea anemonesActinaria - sea anemones        
Actiniaria, order Actinaria, order Actiniaria
animal order - the order of animals
Actinozoa, Anthozoa, class Actinozoa, class Anthozoa - a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
sea anemone, anemone - marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton
actinian, actiniarian, actinia - any sea anemone or related animal
Actinia, genus Actinia - a genus of sea anemone common in rock pools
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Aggressive function and induced development of catch tentacles in the sea anemone Metridium senile (Coelenterata, Actinaria).
Self/Non-Self Recognition Affects Cnida Discharge and Tentacle Contraction in the Sea Anemone Haliplanella luciae
Lepidochelys Cnidaria Actinaria, Obelia olivacea y Annelida Ozobranchus Chelonia mydas branchiatus Mollusca Stramonita biserialis Arthropoda Balaenophihis manatomm, Chelonibia testiuiinaria, Conclwderma virgatum, Lepas anserifera, Lepas hilli, Planes major, Plathlepas decor ata, Plah/lepas hexastylos, Podocerus chelonophihis, Stomatolepas cf.
La epibiosis en los grandes vertebrados marinos de Mexico: una revision y su relevancia ecosistemica
High levels of genetic divergence between sympatric color morphs of the littoral sea-anemone Anthopleura orientalis (Anthozoa: Actinaria).
Genetic variation and population homogeneity of the sea star Coscinasterias tenuispina (Forcipulatida: Asteroidea) on the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Contact and disturbance rates were calculated for each haul for 4 classes of macroinvertebrates--sea whips, sea stars (Asteroidea), anemones (Actinaria), and Dungeness crabs (Cancer magister)--as the number either contacted or disturbed divided by the total number observed less the number for which contact or disturbance could not be determined definitively.
Direct estimation of disturbance rates of benthic macroinvertebrates from contact with standard and modified ocean shrimp (Pandalus jordani) trawl footropes
Tetraclita <0.01 7.78 stalactifera Actinaria indet.
Comparacion temporal de la composicion y zonacion de organismos en el intermareal rocoso del Parque Nacional Isla del Coco, Pacifico de Costa Rica
Predation on zooplankton by the benthic anthozoans Alcyonium siderium (Alcyonacea) and Metridium senile (Actinaria) in the New England subtidal.
Species diversity in subtidal landscapes: maintenance by physical processes and larval recruitment

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