Image of Strawberry anemones

Description:
Under attack by the leather star, Corynactis defends itself by extruding its mesenterial filaments loaded with stinging cells, nematocysts, from its body cavity. Depth 27 m.
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- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Cnidaria (cnidarians)
- Anthozoa (anemones and corals)
- Hexacorallia (hexacorallians)
- Corallimorpharia (corallimorpharians )
- Corallimorphidae
- Corynactis
- Corynactis californica (Strawberry anemones)
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- 2005 California Academy of Sciences
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- Lovell and Libby Langstroth
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