Sea anemone

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Sea anemone
Sea anemone at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Sea anemone at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Hexacorallia
Order: Actiniaria
Diversity
46 families
Suborders
Endocoelantheae
Nyantheae
Protantheae
Ptychodacteae
A common clownfish in a sea anemone. The fish lives in a symbiosis with the anemone
A common clownfish in a sea anemone. The fish lives in a symbiosis with the anemone

Sea anemones are animals that live in the sea. They are filter feeding animals. This means that they have a set of tubes. They pump water through the tubes, and they digest whever is in that water. Other animals which are closely related are polyps and hydras.

A drawing showing the different kinds of sea anemones there are
A drawing showing the different kinds of sea anemones there are