Cnidaria
VelellaThe Velella, also known as "Jack-sail-by-the-wind" is a cosmopolitan genus of free-floating hydrozoans that live on the surface of the open ocean.They are known to catch their prey by using their tentacles that hang down in the water and is esscentially harmless to humans. |
Venus Fly trap sea anemones The Venus Fly trap Sea anemone also known as Actinoscyphia aurelia, is a large sea anemone which resembles a Venus Flytrap. It closes its tentacles to capture prey or to protect itself.It also extends its tentacles in two rows, one reflexed back and one sloping forward, and collects drifting food particles. It is also a deep sea species.
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Wire coral Wire Coral, also known as Cirrhipathes leutkeni, are odd stick-like corals that are common, protruding from current-swept vertical faces & rocky outcrops deeper than 20 feet having Polyps present on all sides. They can attain at least 5 feet.
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