Burrowing Anemone, (Pachycerianthus fimbriatus), Photo

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Code Number:: AAKV02P11_04
Title:: Burrowing Anemone, (Pachycerianthus fimbriatus), tentacles; The tentacles are just the tip of the anemone. To shield itself from grit, this delicate creature makes a tough leathery tube, sinking it two feet (.6 m) deep into the sand.
When a predator like the barber slug comes by to clip off its tentacles, the anemone retreats quickly down the tube, sometimes pulling the slug in with it! Luckily, an s:"anemone's tentacle's can grow back after such attacks.
Keywords:: Bryozoa, Invertebrate, Animal, Animalia, Water, Sealife, Sessile
Image by:: Wernher Krutein

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Code Number:: AAKV02P11_04
Title:: Burrowing Anemone, (Pachycerianthus fimbriatus), tentacles; The tentacles are just the tip of the anemone. To shield itself from grit, this delicate creature makes a tough leathery tube, sinking it two feet (.6 m) deep into the sand.
When a predator like the barber slug comes by to clip off its tentacles, the anemone retreats quickly down the tube, sometimes pulling the slug in with it! Luckily, an s:"anemone's tentacle's can grow back after such attacks.
Keywords:: Bryozoa, Invertebrate, Animal, Animalia, Water, Sealife, Sessile
Image by:: Wernher Krutein
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