anemones are stinging polyps that spend most of their time attached to rocks on the sea bottom or on coral reefs waiting for fish to pass close enough to get ensnared in their venom-filled tentacles.

There are about 160 documented sea anemones and corals, with 11 soft coral species in the Gulf of Mexico, according to scientists. Soft corals are creatures with bendable bodies that resemble plants, ...

Combing through coffee table books on sea life, his eye landed on a photo ... the world to a wondrous tropical ecosystem: the coral reef and its denizens. Clownfish get their name from the bold ...

Relatives of the sea anemone and every bit as splashy, corals display hues ranging from brilliant orange and deep salmon to pale pink and subtle violet. Often referred to as “rainforests of the sea,” ...

the framework of the coral reef is filled with sediment and cemented with calcite and aragonite. If sea level changes, the reefs become exposed to corrosive rainwater that dissolves the unstable ...

Similar to a sea anemone, a polyp has a squidgy body ... Colonies of polyps and their limestone skeletons together form coral reefs. During the day, most polyps stay inside their protective skeleton, ...

In the desert sands of Egypt, coral reefs thrive in the shallows of the Red Sea, providing bottlenose ... species of clownfish has made a home in an anemone away from the reef.