as well as to determine the current diversity of sea anemones inhabiting the area. We thank Dr. Nelson Rangel-Buitrago and Yully Contreras for assistance with some field trips and Dr. James D. Reimer ...

Beachcombers along the Texas coast are in for a fascinating find this week as floating sea anemones (Actinecta sp.) have been washing ashore. These unusual anemones are rarely seen on land because ...

Most recently, "rarely seen" species sea anemones, which are known to look like bird poop, have been making land in Corpus Christi. Jace Tunnell, director of community engagement at the Harte ...

The dominants tend to grow to match the size of the host anemone, while the subordinates only grow to a size that ensures there are sufficient resources—otherwise they risk being evicted and ...

Jace Tunnell, a marine biologist from the Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, said their sudden appearance hints at shifts in offshore currents, which are also pushing ...

This is important because clownfish live symbiotically with either of two sea anemone species – Heteractis magnifica and Stichodactyla gigantea. The anemones provide protection for the clownfish ...

Warmer water temperatures can bleach sea anemones that clownfish call home, forcing them to adapt to stay alive. Scientists monitored and measured 134 colorful clownfish in Kimbe Bay during an ...

They usually don’t know what happened to them.” Every four to six days, the team also took the temperature of each pair’s sea anemone — the vibrant, spaghetti-shaped animal that clownfish ...

as well as anthozoans and hydrozoans (marine invertebrates related to jellyfish and corals). Smaller percentages of other classes’ species are also directly at risk from a warming climate.

On one of the robot’s first dives, an anemone-like creature with 8-foot-long billowing tentacles appeared about two feet above the seabed. It was attached to the stem of a sea sponge anchored on ...