Photo: I. MacDonald, D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp
That wonderful monster of the deep, is the Venus flytrap sea anemone (Actinoscyphia sp.) from the Gulf of Mexico.Its name is derived from two land plants (the carnivorous venus fly trap and the flower anemone), but it’s actually a type of polyp, related to corals and jellyfish.
The Venus flytrap sea anemone is part of undersea life that is threatened by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, as the latest update of the Census of Marine Life revealed:
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