anemone
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It was a leftover structure from a deep-sea anemone, specifically the base that once attached the animal to the seafloor.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026
Sea anemone isn’t braised and paired with glass noodles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2025
“Sea anemone is very textural, and requires a lot of preparation,” Hudda explains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2025
While some regenerating animals like salamanders and fish focus on restoring lost parts in proportion to what remains, this sea anemone takes a different approach.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2024
Then he’d placed the subject of the photo, the fish, on or near those imaginary lines or their intersections so that the orange and black fish popped against the pale tentacles of the anemone.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown way that sea anemones defend themselves against viruses, revealing that the evolution of animal immune systems may be far more diverse than previously believed.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 2026
Similar to Portuguese man o' war, by-the-wind sailors are colonies of animals related to sea anemones and corals, and they possess stinging cells.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Inside the egg, a surprise awaits: a bouquet of flowers made of white quartz wood anemones, each flower with gold wire stem and stamens.
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
It uses a cavernous hood to trap crustaceans to eat — a feeding strategy also used by anemones and some jellies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024
The crab and anemone recognize each other as partners by molecular configurations, as do the anemones and their symbiotic damsel fish.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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