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.

Many sea sponges, like anemones, use toxins to repel would ... (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala), closely resembles the reef's rocky, algae- and coral-encrusted bottom, where it lies in wait for ...

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, ...

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, ...