▲ 238 ▼ Sea Anemone stuck to glass (i.imgur.com) submitted 2 years ago by Chinchillax@lemm.ee to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 13 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) They look and act like plants or fungi in a lot of ways. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Fungi are more related to animals than plants. Fungi produce "flesh." Sea anemones are a group of predatory marine invertebrates constituting the order Actiniaria. Because of their colourful appearance, they are named after the Anemone, a terrestrial flowering plant. Sea anemones are classified in the phylum Cnidaria, class Anthozoa, subclass Hexacorallia. As cnidarians, sea anemones are related to corals, jellyfish, tube-dwelling anemones, and Hydra. Unlike jellyfish, sea anemones do not have a medusa stage in their life cycle. They're a "plant" on the edge of creating a neural system while also producing "flesh." permalink fedilink source parent [–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago* Not really. These things have mouths and a digestive system. They are predators, have a nervous system, and they produce sperm. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Fungi are more related to animals than plants. Fungi produce "flesh." Sea anemones are a group of predatory marine invertebrates constituting the order Actiniaria. Because of their colourful appearance, they are named after the Anemone, a terrestrial flowering plant. Sea anemones are classified in the phylum Cnidaria, class Anthozoa, subclass Hexacorallia. As cnidarians, sea anemones are related to corals, jellyfish, tube-dwelling anemones, and Hydra. Unlike jellyfish, sea anemones do not have a medusa stage in their life cycle. They're a "plant" on the edge of creating a neural system while also producing "flesh." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago* Not really. These things have mouths and a digestive system. They are predators, have a nervous system, and they produce sperm. permalink fedilink source parent