Urticina piscivora
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Urticina piscivora, common names fish-eating anemone and fish-eating urticina, is a northeast Pacific species of sea anemone in the family Actiniidae.
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Urticina piscivora at 31 m (102 ft) depth in Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, California
Painted greenling
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The painted greenling is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Hexagrammidae. It is endemic to the northeast Pacific Ocean. It is the only species in the genus Oxylebius.
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…and shrimp. It does so through the use of its tentacles, stinging its prey with a potent toxin containing Upl protein which paralyzes them. However, Oxylebius pictus (the painted greenling) and Lebbeus grandimanus (candy stripe shrimp) have the ability to remain among the tentacles without being harmed. Their sting…
Painted greenlings
Showing size, in British Columbia
At the Northern Channel Islands, California