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Anémonas de mar (Aiptasia couchii), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-31, DD 92
2020-07-31
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About this work
Group of trumpet anemones (Aiptasia couchii), Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal. This predator, related to jellyfish, that ensnares prey of suitable size that comes within reach of its tentacles and is then transported to the mouth and thrust into the pharynx. The trumpet anemone has a slender column, with a small base, flaring outwards to the broad oral disc, and typically trumpet-shaped when fully extended. The tentacles, 48 to 96 in number, are steeply graduated in size and the span can be up to 15 centimetres (5.9 in) across.
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