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Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina

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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan

Actinia equina (beadlet anemone). Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan.

The page saysA red blob on the rocks
The source sayslooking like a little red blob
The page saysAlmost anything it can catch, most often bivalves, insects and isopods
The source saysis known for eating almost anything it can catch. The most abundant food sources for this anemone are: bivalve mollusks, insects, and isopods.Note: 'most often' paraphrases 'most abundant food sources'; the quote names bivalve mollusks
The page saysA beadlet anemone sits on a rock
The source saysAttaching to rocks, stones or other hard substrates
The page saysrust-red is the most common
The source saysThe most common hue is rust-red.
The page saysAnimal Diversity Web gives a dry weight of 0.01 to 0.84 g.
The source saysfrom 0.01 to 0.84 g dry weightNote: average 0.42 g from the 'Average mass 0.42 g' field of the same page
The page saysan anemone in the water is mostly water it has absorbed
The source sayswhen anemones are in the water their body mass is primarily the amount of water absorbed in the tissue and in the gastrovascular cavity
The page saysOut of the water it is always retracted and looks like a little red blob.
The source saysHowever, it is always retracted when it is out of the water, looking like a little red blob.
The page saysit eats almost anything it can catch, and its toxins paralyze the prey and inhibit its ability to escape
The source saysis known for eating almost anything it can catch ... These toxins paralyze the organism, inhibiting its ability to escape.
The page saysIt has three main defenses: inflating its body column, detaching from the rock in a bid to escape predation, and releasing stinging cells with toxins.
The source sayshave three main defensive behaviors which include: inflation of the body column to reduce damaged areas, detachment off the substrate so they might escape predation, or release of the nematocytes containing toxins.Note: Source says 'so they might escape predation'; 'in a bid to' keeps that hedge.
The page saysThe grey sea slug still eats it, and somehow does not digest the most toxic stinging cells.
The source saysDespite its stinging cells, the grey sea slug, Aeolidia papillosa preys on A. equina. The sea slug somehow does not digest the most toxic stinging cells.
The page saysgenetic studies suggest the differently colored beadlets may be separate species
The source saysRecent genetic studies suggest the different colored Actinia equina may actually be distinct species.Note: ADW's 'recent' dropped: the account is undated and old, so the page does not call the studies recent
The page saysAnimal Diversity Web says that contact with a human can cause great discomfort and pain, and that its nematocysts hold powerful toxins.
The source saysIt has powerful toxins (e.g. equistatin and equinatoxin) in its nematocysts that it uses for feeding and defense. If a human comes in contact with it, it can cause great discomfort and pain.
The page saysBivalve mollusks, insects and isopods are its most abundant foods, while snails, slugs, bryozoans and chitons supply the largest food mass.
The source saysThe most abundant food sources for this anemone are: bivalve mollusks, insects, and isopods. However larger organisms such as gastropods (snails and slugs), bryozoans, and chitons are what provide the largest food mass.
The page saysThe average is 0.42 g.
The source saysAverage mass 0.42 gNote: dry weight, same page
The page saysOut of the water a beadlet anemone pulls in and sits as a little red blob, and when its tentacles touch a neighbor's it stings.
The source sayslooking like a little red blobNote: vibe.reason; the rest of the sentence restates body claims: is aggressive toward the anemones next to it, and a fight starts when the tentac; Out of the water it is always retracted and looks like a little red blob.

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MarLIN, the Marine Life Information Network

Beadlet anemone (Actinia equina). MarLIN, the Marine Life Information Network.

The page sayspicks fights with its neighbors using stinging blue spots
The source saysActinia equina displays aggressive behaviour towards neighbouring individuals. This aggressive behaviour is stimulated when the tentacles of adjacent anemones come into contact. The aggressor stings the victim with nematocysts, in the acrorhagi
The page saysHard surfaces on the shore, from western Europe and the Mediterranean to the west coast of Africa
The source saysDistributed throughout western Europe including the Mediterranean, from the Arctic to the west coast of Africa almost to the equator.Note: stats.habitat; hard surfaces from the Habitat section: 'attached to hard substrata ... from the upper to lower shore'; the quote's 'almost to the equator' is not claimed
The page saysA sting from its blue acrorhagi leads a neighbor to crawl away or drop off the rock
The source saysThe aggressor stings the victim with nematocysts, in the acrorhagi, which leads to the victim either crawling away or dropping off the substratum.
The page saysNot Evaluated
The source saysBeadlet anemone ( Actinia equina )Note: stats.conservationStatus. No Red List assessment: the prefetch found no category in GBIF's copy of the Red List and no assessment DOI for Actinia equina. MarLIN is cited for the species name only. Precedent great-scallop.
The page saysis aggressive toward the anemones next to it, and a fight starts when the tentacles of two neighbors touch
The source saysdisplays aggressive behaviour towards neighbouring individuals. This aggressive behaviour is stimulated when the tentacles of adjacent anemones come into contact.
The page saysThe aggressor stings the victim with nematocysts, the stinging cells, carried in its acrorhagi
The source saysThe aggressor stings the victim with nematocysts, in the acrorhagi
The page saysbright blue, wart-like spots that are often found near the top of the body column
The source saysBright blue wart like spots, called acrorhagi, are often found round the inside of the top margin of the column.
The page saysThe victim either crawls away or drops off the rock.
The source sayswhich leads to the victim either crawling away or dropping off the substratum
The page saysThe base is up to 5 cm across and is usually wider than tall.
The source saysBroad base up to 5 cm in diameter, usually wider than tall.
The page saysUp to 192 tentacles sit in 6 circles, and they pull back in when the animal is disturbed.
The source saysUp to 192 retractable tentacles arranged into 6 circles.
The page saysColor runs from red to brown, green and orange
The source sayscan be red, brown, green or orange in colour
The page saysThe beadlet anemone lives all around the coasts of Britain and Ireland.
The source saysFound all around the coasts of Britain and Ireland.
The page saysIts range runs across western Europe and the Mediterranean, from the Arctic to the west coast of Africa, almost to the equator.
The source saysDistributed throughout western Europe including the Mediterranean, from the Arctic to the west coast of Africa almost to the equator.
The page saysIt clings to hard surfaces from the upper to the lower shore and rarely goes subtidal, to about 20 m deep.
The source saysfound attached to hard substrata, both in exposed and sheltered situations, from the upper to lower shore and rarely in subtidal areas to depths of around 20 m
The page saysIt handles high temperatures and desiccation (drying out).
The source saysit tolerates high temperatures and desiccationNote: 'drying out' is the standard gloss of desiccation
The page saysthe strawberry anemone (Actinia fragacea), is plumper and red to reddish brown with greenish spots
The source saysThe strawberry anemone, Actinia fragacea , is more plump than Actinia equina and is red to reddish brown in colour with greenish spots

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Maček & Lebez 1988

Maček & Lebez (1988). Isolation and characterization of three lethal and hemolytic toxins from the sea anemone Actinia equina L. Toxicon.

The page saysThe dose that killed half of the mice tested was 23, 35 and 83 micrograms per kilogram for equinatoxins I, II and III, injected into a vein.
The source saysthe acute i.v. LD50 in mice of equinatoxins I, II and III were 23, 35 and 83 micrograms/kg, respectivelyNote: i.v. = intravenous; LD50 = dose lethal to half
The page saysResearchers purified three equinatoxins from this anemone.
The source saysLethal and hemolytic toxins were purified by acetone precipitation, Sephadex G-50, CM-cellulose and CM-Sephadex column chromatography from the tentacles and bodies of the sea anemone Actinia equina.

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Maček et al. 1994

Maček et al. (1994). Mechanism of action of equinatoxin II, a cytolysin from the sea anemone Actinia equina L. belonging to the family of actinoporins. Toxicology.

The page saysEquinatoxin II opens pores in cell membranes. In red blood cells that causes hemolysis, the breaking open of the cells
The source saysRed blood cell (RBC) hemolysis by EqT-II is the result of a colloid-osmotic shock caused by the opening of toxin-induced pores.
The page saysthe pores were estimated to have a functional radius of about 1.1 nm
The source saysthe functional radius of the lesion was estimated to be approximately 1.1 nm

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