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 ...

Just like the terrestrial plant it is named for, the Venus flytrap anemone has a unique method of catching prey. The anemone sits still on the ocean floor atop its stem-like body. At the head of ...