actinia

ac·tin·i·an

(ăk-tĭn′ē-ən) also ac·tin·i·a (-ə)

n. pl. ac·tin·i·ans also ac·tin·i·ae (-ē-ē′)

A sea anemone.

[New Latin Actīnia, genus name, from Greek aktīs, aktīn-, ray; see actino-.]

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actinia

(ækˈtɪnɪə)

n, pl -tiniae (-ˈtɪnɪˌiː) or -tinias

(Animals) any sea anemone of the genus Actinia, which are common in rock pools. Also called: actinian

[C18: New Latin, literally: things having a radial structure. See actino-, -ia]

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Noun	1.	Actinia - a genus of sea anemone common in rock pools genus Actinia coelenterate genus - a genus of coelenterates Actinaria, Actiniaria, order Actinaria, order Actiniaria - sea anemones
	2.	actinia - any sea anemone or related animal actinian, actiniarian Actinaria, Actiniaria, order Actinaria, order Actiniaria - sea anemones sea anemone, anemone - marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton

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Many marine animals seem to have this power of stinging: besides the Portuguese man-of-war, many jelly-fish, and the Aplysia or sea-slug of the Cape de Verd Islands, it is stated in the voyage of the Astrolabe, that an Actinia or sea-anemone, as well as a flexible coralline allied to Sertularia, both possess this means of offence or defence.

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Divergence of nematocysts in two colour morphs of the intertidal beadlet Actinia equina.

Tamanos de cnidae en dos morfotipos de la anemona gigante del Caribe Condylactis gigantea (Actiniaria: Actiniidae)

The effects of sexual and asexual reproduction on geographic variation in the sea anemone Actinia tenebrosa.

Genetic variation and population homogeneity of the sea star Coscinasterias tenuispina (Forcipulatida: Asteroidea) on the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Enraizamento de estacas semilenhosas de maracujazeiro amarelo (Passiflora actinia Hook).

Stem cuttings and substrates in Dovyalis asexual propagation

1996); la equistatina, un inhibidor de cistein-proteasas, obtenido de Actinia equina, pesa 13 kDa (Lenarcic et al.

Estudio bioquimico del veneno de la anemona de mar Phymactis papillosa (Actiniidae). (TRABAJOS ORIGINALES)

Hutton and Smith (1996) reported the isolation of "amoebocytes" from the mesenteric filaments (tissue including gastroderm and mesoglea) of the sea anemone Actinia equina that are capable of phagocytosis and killing gram-negative bacteria.

Identification of unstimulated constitutive immunocytes, by enzyme histochemistry, in the coenenchyme of the octocoral Swiftia exserta

actinia (CHAVES et al., 2004), de 30,6% da cultivar 'FB 200' sobre P.

Development of passion fruit grafted on Passiflora wild species/Desenvolvimento de mudas de maracujazeiro-azedo enxertadas em especies silvestres de Passiflora

Propagation of Hayward (Actinia deliciosa) from soft and semi-hardwood cuttings.

Rooting of Psychotria nuda (Cham. & Schltdl.) Wawra (Rubiaceae) in the four seasons of the year/Enraizamento de psychotria nuda (Cham. & Schltdl.) Wawra (Rubiaceae) nas quatro estacoes do ano

Hydraulic skeletons are found in living things such as earthworm and actinia. The hydraulic skeleton actuator in this study is made of flexible bags.

Active joint mechanism driven by multiple actuators made of flexible bags: a proposal of dual structural actuator

Equinatoxin II, a pore-forming toxin from the sea anemone Actinia equina, can bind to membranes and create cation-selective pores (Hong et al.