[Coral-List] sea anemone tentacles, venoms, sponges eat surgar

Douglas Fenner douglasfennertassi at gmail.com
Tue Sep 8 21:28:17 UTC 2020


When these sea anemones eat, it goes straight to their arms.  They're the
first animals known to turn food into extra limbs.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/05/science/sea-anemones-arms.html

Feeding-dependent tentacle development in the sea anemone Nematostella
vectensis

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-18133-0

A sea anemone's venom can change over the course of its life.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sea-anemone-venom-change

Dynamics of venom composition across a complex life cycle

https://elifesciences.org/articles/35014

Seawater is filled with a sugary feast.  Here's how sponges eat it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/09/science/sponges-ocean-sugars.html

Single-cell visualization indicates direct role of sponge host in uptake of
dissolved organic matter.

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2019.2153

Cheers,  Doug

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