Are there flowers in the ocean

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Learning about the sea is always fun! Thanks for noticing, Gavin! The animals in our original featured video are zoanthids. Anemones and zoanthids belong to the same Class Anthozoa, but sea anemones belong to Order Actiniaria and zoanthids belong Order Zoanthidea. We posted a new video of anemones to avoid any confusion.

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Thanks for your patience. Drag a word to its definition. You have answered 0 of 3 questions correctly and your score is:. Want to add a little wonder to your website? Help spread the wonder of families learning together. We sent you SMS, for complete subscription please reply. Their bodies contain a spiny element called sclerite which provide support and also keeps away predators.

They survive in medium sunlight regions and provide habitat for fish, snails, algae and other marine life. They are very brightly-coloured organisms and a wonder for scientists and tourists alike; amid amazing sea plants. Known in the science world as the Aldrovanda, the waterwheel plant features among the marine plants that are carnivorous in nature. They are free floating, rootless plants found on the surface of the oceans. They prefer clean, warm, shallow waters with bright sunlight.

Beautiful to look at, this amazing sea plant can trap your feet is you are careless enough to wade in their territory. Sea anemonae are found growing in clusters mostly in tropical reefs though some species are also found in the deep, comparatively cold waters and in the Kelp regions. This deep sea plant has poisonous stings which keeps away predators. Only the clown fish is immune to the stings of the sea anemonae.

They both have a symbolic relationship. While the clown fish keeps the sea anemonae clean, the latter provides a safe habitat for the fish! A match made in heaven read underwater. Belonging to the Gorgoniidae family, Red Sea Whip is usually found in the warmer territories of the otherwise cool Atlantic ocean on rocks, sand or slit bottoms.

It is also known as the finger gorgonian because of the long tentacle-like appearance. The red gorgonian is beautiful to look at but is very hard to maintain in captivity.

It survives in medium light with a peaceful temperature and medium water flow. The main diet of this marine plant involves micro planktons and other micro nutrients.

This species of sea anemonae is found in deep waters on the western coasts of the US and Canada. Slow-moving waters of this variety of Pacific ocean plant are ideal for their growth. It grows up to 3 feet in height and has a furry pouf on the top. Before seeming cute, you must be warned that they have tentacles which are used for stinging and catching unsuspecting prey that happens to swim by. These deep sea plants are among the plant life in the ocean that have the most stunning colours, especially pearly white, which is a beauty in the ocean plants list.

Lotus requires direct sunlight for growth and hence they cannot survive under cold climatic conditions. It is probably the most beautiful aquatic flower in the world.

Water lilies can be grown by putting deep roots in the soil of any pond or other shallow water body. These flowers can be found in a variety of colors such as violet, pink, yellow, orange, white, red, peach and blue, and about 70 different known species worldwide. In addition, they provide shelter to various types of fish and invertebrates in any pond or water body so that they grow up.

Water hawthorn is undeniably one of the best aquatic flowers for any water garden. Apart from the beautiful small white flowers that can enchant any pond garden, the long and narrow floating leaves of hawthorn are also attractive to watch.

The versatility of these beautiful white flowers is such as fragrant vanilla that they can also be used as an aquarium plant. They are considered to be the largest plants of the sea and have the distinction of being the fastest growing plants ever.

Kelp can reach a height of about feet. They exist on the surface of the sea with the help of small flotation bulbs and are considered among the wonderful sea plants. Kelps were initially found only in the cold waters of the coastal region, but the discovery of a kelp forest in the Pacific Ocean near the tropical region.

The species is too small to see with the naked eye, but they collide together in large, visible groups. Phytoplankton perform photosynthesis, such as kelp and seagrass.

Some scientists believe that a species in the Prochlorococcus category weighs as the top photosynthetic creature on Earth. In addition to providing the world with countless tons of oxygen, these microscopic and sometimes single-celled organisms also provide food for higher orders of life, including whales.

Red algae have inhabited the warm, tropical waters of the world for over million years. It derives its unique color from phycoerythrin, a pigment that absorbs blue light and reflects red light. Similar to kelp, red algae is rich in protein and vitamins, making it a popular food source for countries throughout Asia. Clownfish, made famous in the movie "Finding Nemo," defend and reinforce their social status with by talking, in this case certain pops and clicks, among a bed of sea anemones. Looking nearly unreal with its green-and-purple color scheme, this anemone decorates the ocean floor near Chuuk, one of the Federated States of Micronesia.

Despite the vegetal look, anemones are actually animals that prey on small fish and crustaceans. My, how many tentacles you have! This alien-looking creature is known as Nematostella vectensis , or the starlet sea anemone. Like other anemones, starlets start life as free-swimming larvae.

They then settle into an appropriately mucky spot on the seafloor and metamorphose into their adult polyp form, seen here.