Kingdom Animalia Family Edwardsiidae Phylum Cnidaria Order Sea anemone | Class Anthozoa Scientific name Nematostella Rank Genus | |
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Similar Starlet sea anemone, Sea anemone, Edwardsiidae, Amphimedon queenslandica, Hydra vulgaris | ||
Nematostella vectensis spawn
Nematostella is a genus of sea anemones in the family Edwardsiidae. There are three species. The best known is the starlet sea anemone (N. vectensis), which has been extensively studied as a model organism in fields such as genetics, evolution, and ecology. The defining morphological apomorphy of Nematostella is the presence of nematosomes.
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Nematostella vectensis developing polyp biohopk 160h
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Nematostella Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA