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August 24, 2020: Anemone

It isn’t difficult to see how the Venus flytrap anemone got its common name. This one was seen affixed to the stalk of a sponge during the first dive of the Deepwater Wonders of Wake expedition. Growing on other animals (like a sponge) allows the anemone to get higher in the water in order to feed.

Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Deepwater Wonders of Wake. Download larger version (jpg, 269 KB).

It isn’t difficult to see how the Venus flytrap anemone got its common name. This one was seen affixed to the stalk of a sponge during the first dive of the Deepwater Wonders of Wake expedition. Growing on other animals (like a sponge) allows the anemone to get higher in the water in order to feed.

Learn more about symbiotic relationships by reading this ocean fact.