What Does Metridium Mean?

Members of the genus Metridium, also known as plumose anemones, are sea anemones found mostly in the cooler waters of the northern Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

What is the meaning of Metridium?

: a genus of sea anemones.

How do you identify Metridium?

Metridium has a short, cylindrical body about 8 cm in length. The body is radially symmetrical and divisible into three distinct regions, viz., oral disc, column and pedal or basal disc.

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