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Brown Sea Anemone

Metridium senile (Linnaeus 1761)

Diet

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Generally, anthozoans are primarly carnivorous which prey on sea urchins, gastropods, bivalves, or crustaceans that crawl or swim into their grasp.

Reference

North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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Distribution

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circumarctic boreal to New Jersey

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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Habitat

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sandy, muddy, or rocky habitats; also may attached themselves to hard parts or products of other organisms (shells)

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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Kennedy, Mary [email]

Habitat

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Known from seamounts and knolls

Reference

Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.

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Habitat

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coastal to shelf

Reference

van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

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