Anemone
Actiniaria
A stinging sea animal disguised as a flower.
Sea Anemones may look like swaying flowers, but they are animal cousins of corals and jellyfish. Their tentacles fire microscopic stinging capsules that capture prey and discourage hungry visitors.
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From field guide to game table
Bring this Anemone home
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- 4 copies
Ready-to-play deck
Stinging Fortress Deck
Includes 4 cards featuring Anemone.
Quick dive
Creature passport
- Home
- Seafloors worldwide, from sunlit reefs and tide pools to the deep ocean.
- Favorite foods
- Plankton, shrimp, small fishes, and other animals caught by tentacles.
- Size check
- From under 0.5 in to several feet across, depending on species
Tell-your-friends facts
Four wonderfully wild things
- 1
Anemones have one body opening for both food and waste.
- 2
A sticky foot anchors the body, but many can slowly glide to a new spot.
- 3
Some host clownfish, shrimp, algae, or other helpful partners.
- 4
They have no brain; a spread-out nerve net coordinates their movements.
Ocean superpower
Built to be amazing
Thousands of tiny nematocysts fire harpoonlike threads on contact.
Junior scientist tip
What should I look for?
Find a soft column topped by a circle of waving tentacles.
Grown-up research links
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