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Animal Species / Metridium senile (Frilled Anemone)
Coastal Studies Center
Organisms
Organisms
Animal Species
- Kingdom Animalia
- Ciona Intestinalis (sea vase)
- Ciona Intestinalis (detail)
- Ciona Intestinalis (detail)
- Ciona Intestinalis (detail)
- Chlamys Islandica (Scallop)
- Chlamys Islandica (detail)
- Hydractinia Echinata (Snail Fur)
- Metridium senile (Frilled Anemone)
- Asterias vulgaris (Northern Sea Star)
- Marine Organisms: Animals
- Marine Organisms: Animals
Metridium senile (Frilled Anemone)
Metridium senile (Frilled Anemone): This is an anemone that feeds on small zooplankton with fine frilly tentacles armed with nematocysts (stinging cells). They recruit frequently into the tanks at the CSC. They prefer to feed in moderate to slow (~15 cm per sec) currents, and so are found in relatively protected subtidal and low intertidal habitats. They orient upright in very slow flows and tilt their tentacles downstream as current speeds increase to catch food from their turbulent wake. Differences in feeding behavior of large and small anemones has been the subject of one Bowdoin senior honors theses (Thompson, 1992).
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