Order Actiniaria (Noun)
Meaning
Sea anemones.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The order Actiniaria is a group of marine animals commonly known as sea anemones or true anemones.
- Sea anemones are a part of the order Actiniaria which are characterized by their large, sometimes very colorful and intriguing, flowers-looking bodies.
- The order Actiniaria which includes the sea anemones belongs to the phylum Cnidaria.
- Due to the close similarity in morphological characteristics with sea anemones, corals are closely related and are considered an evolutional sister group to the order Actiniaria.
- The specific social relationship found in some specimens of the order Actiniaria creates very promising research fields within sea anemones.