Tube-dwelling anemone

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title: Tube-dwelling anemone
text: Tube-dwelling anemones or ceriantharians look very similar to sea anemones but belong to an entirely different class of anthozoans. They are solitary, living buried in soft sediments. Tube anemones live inside and can withdraw into tubes, which are composed of a fibrous material made from secreted mucus and threads of nematocyst-like organelles known as ptychocysts. Within the tubes of these ceriantharians, more than one polyp is present, which is an exceptional trait because species that create
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description: Class of anthozoans
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tube-dwelling_anemone
date created: 2005-09-22T06:13:04Z
date modified: 2024-09-15T03:25:50Z
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