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Actinodiscus
file:Discosoma nummiforme - Kew 1.jpg, ''Discosoma nummiforme'' ''Discosoma'' is a genus of cnidarians in the order Corallimorpharia. Common names for the genus include mushroom anemone, disc anemone and elephant ear mushroom.Sprung, JAquarium Invertebrates: Mushrooms, Elephants Ears, And False Corals: A Review Of The Corallimorpharia.''Advanced Aquarist'' Volume 1. October 2002. Most species are disc-shaped and produce large amounts of mucus. There are a great variety of colors, including metallic and Fluorescence, fluorescent shades and striped and spotted patterns. ''Discosoma'' gather food particles from the water. Some species absorb nutrients produced by Symbiodinium, zooxanthellae, photosynthesis, photosynthetic dinoflagellates living in their tissues in a symbiosis, symbiotic relationship. Some species are sold commercially in the aquarium trade. The red fluorescent protein which has applications in molecular biology as a reporter protein was first derived from the speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corallimorpharia
Corallimorpharia is an order of marine cnidarians closely related to stony or reef building corals ( Scleractinia). They occur in both temperate and tropical climates, although they are mostly tropical. Temperate forms tend to be very robust, with wide and long columns, whereas tropical forms tend to have very short columns with a wide oral disc and very short tentacles. The tentacles are usually arranged in rows radiating from the mouth. Many species occur together in large groups, although there are recorded instances of individuals. In many respects, they resemble the stony corals, except for the absence of a stony skeleton. Morphological and molecular evidence suggests that they are very closely related to stony corals. Corallimorpharians occur in a wide range of marine habitats, and can be associated with phase shifts in coral reef ecosystems that result in a change from a hard-coral dominated reef to a soft-coral dominated one. They have been observed to overgrow reefs in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discosoma Nummiforme - Kew 1
'' Discosoma nummiforme'' ''Discosoma'' is a genus of cnidarians in the order Corallimorpharia. Common names for the genus include mushroom anemone, disc anemone and elephant ear mushroom.Sprung, JAquarium Invertebrates: Mushrooms, Elephants Ears, And False Corals: A Review Of The Corallimorpharia.''Advanced Aquarist'' Volume 1. October 2002. Most species are disc-shaped and produce large amounts of mucus. There are a great variety of colors, including metallic and fluorescent shades and striped and spotted patterns. ''Discosoma'' gather food particles from the water. Some species absorb nutrients produced by zooxanthellae, photosynthetic dinoflagellates living in their tissues in a symbiotic relationship. Some species are sold commercially in the aquarium trade. The red fluorescent protein Red fluorescent protein (RFP) is a protein which acts as a fluorophore, fluorescing red-orange when excited. The original variant occurs naturally in the coral genus ''Discosoma'', and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |