The ornately colored sea anemone (uh-NEM-uh-nee) is named after the equally flashy terrestrial anemone flower. A close relative of coral and jellyfish, anemones are stinging polyps that spend most ...

To test this, we used the sea anemones our colleagues breed as a model for corals. Sea anemones and corals are closely related and share a lot of biological processes, including a symbiotic ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. In the freshwater polyp Hydra vulgaris, a single population of stem cells is responsible for both gamete production and the sea anemone’s ...