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Starlet sea anemone
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Cnidaria;
Class:	Anthozoa;
Order:	Actiniaria;
Family:	Edwardsiidae;
Genus:	Nematostella;
Species:	N. vectensis;
Binomial name
	Nematostella vectensis; Stephenson, 1935

The starlet sea anemone (Nematostella vectensis) is a species of sea anemone native to the east coast of the United States, with introduced populations along the coast of southeast England and west coast of the United States. ^[1]^{[citation needed]} Populations have also been located in Nova Scotia, Canada. The starlet sea anemone has a bulbous basal end and a contracting column (usually less than two cm but no more than six cm) in order to burrow into the mud. At the top of the column is an oral disk containing the mouth surrounded by two rings of tentacles - typically 16 but up to 20. Although the general color is a greyish white, recent food consumption may temporarily affect pigmentation.

The genome of N. vectensis has been sequenced.^[2]

[edit] References

^ C. Hand & K.R. Uhlinger (June 1994). "The unique, widely distributed estuarine sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis Stephenson: a review, new facts, and questions". Estuaries 17 (2): 501–508. doi:10.2307/1352679.
^ Putnam NH, Srivastava M, Hellsten U, Dirks B, Chapman J et al. (2007). "Sea anemone genome reveals ancestral eumetazoan gene repertoire and genomic organization". Science 317: 86–94. PMID 17615350.

Uhlinger, Kevin Robert. (1997) Sexual Reproduction and Early Development in the Estuarine Sea Anemone, Nematostella vectensis Stephenson, 1935. PhD thesis, University of Califonia, Davis. [1]

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[0] C. Hand & K.R. Uhlinger (June 1994). "The unique, widely distributed estuarine sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis Stephenson: a review, new facts, and questions". Estuaries 17 (2): 501–508. doi:10.2307/1352679.

[1] Putnam NH, Srivastava M, Hellsten U, Dirks B, Chapman J et al. (2007). "Sea anemone genome reveals ancestral eumetazoan gene repertoire and genomic organization". Science 317: 86–94. PMID 17615350.

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