Department of Zoology at ANDC/Zoology Museum/Museum specimens/Cnidaria/Metridium

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Metridium

Date & Time : 5, November 2024 21:37


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Common Name

Sea anemone or Plumose anemone

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Distribution

Found on the Atlantic Coast, Northen Pacific coast and Europe.


Habitat

It is marine and sessile form, found attached to the rocks and solid objects; from tide pools to a depth of 90 fathoms.


Identifying Features

  • Body is cylindrical and divisible into 3 distinct reagions; pedal disc, column and oral disc.
  • Body size may vary from few centimeters to 1 meter.
  • Pedal disc (foot) helps in attachment with substratum.
  • Column is diffrentiated into two parts: Capitulum(thin-walled) and Scapus(thick-walled.
  • The wall of scapus is perforated by small openings called cinclides.
  • Oral disc has a mouth in the centre which is surrounded by numerous tentacles.


General Characters

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  • Mouth opens into gastrovascular cavity via a short gullet.


  • Sea anemones are predaceous, immobilizing their prey with the aid of specialized stinging cells called nematocysts.


  • They feed on small planktons.


  • Sexes are separate. Gonads are present on mesentries.






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