Floating sea anemone

Japanese: ウキイソギンチャク - うきいそぎんちゃく
Floating sea anemone

…The muscles of the body wall are well developed, allowing them to stretch and contract the body wall quickly. The rear end of the body is a footplate, which can be spread out to attach to other objects, but some, such as the false anemone, have a ball-shaped base, while others, such as the floating sea anemone, have a float-shaped footplate and live on the surface of the ocean as plankton. They are usually dioecious, but some are monoecious. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "duck anemone" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…体壁の筋肉がよく発達していて,体壁をのばしたり,機敏に収縮することができる。体の後端が足盤になっていて,これを広げて他の物に付着するが,ムシモドキギンチャクのように底球になっているもの,またウキイソギンチャクのように足盤がうきの形になって海面をプランクトン生活するものもある。ふつう雌雄異体であるが同体のものもある。…

※「ウキイソギンチャク」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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