Venus flytrap sea anemone [SEP] parent taxon
Venus flytrap sea anemone
The Venus flytrap sea anemone ("Actinoscyphia aurelia") is a large sea anemone that superficially resembles a Venus flytrap. It closes its tentacles to capture prey or to protect itself. It is a deep ocean species.
Distribution.
This sea anemone is found in muddy situations at bathyal depths in deep water canyons in the Gulf of Mexico. It has also been observed at several sites in the upwelling region off the coast of West Africa as well as the American Samoan region of the Pacific
, a character on the television situation comedy "WKRP in Cincinnati"
- Venus flytrap sea anemone, a large sea anemone resembling a Venus flytrap
- "Venus Flytrap" (film) (aka "Body of the Prey" and "The Revenge of Doctor X"), an American sci-fi/horror film
- "Venus The Flytrap", a 1990 video game for Amiga and Atari ST
- Piranha Plant (or Venus Firetrap, the fireball-spitting Piranha Plants), a Venus flytrap