The Unstartled Steppes of Dream
I am Ashley.
This is my personal blog. If you want just marine biology, go here.
I love the world; I really don't like people.
I balance all this animosity towards the human race with being an almost always kind and gentle being to all creatures.
I'm highly introverted and nature is my primary escape from people.
Creepy-crawly-slimy things are my favorites. Dinosaurs are fantastic.
Future marine biologist; presently an amateur entomologist, ichthyologist, artist, biologist, and writer.
Literature, video game, and music connoisseur.
I'm so full of passion for the world that it hurts.
I think a lot, I laugh a lot, I love a lot.
Almost none of the photos are mine and only some of the drawings are mine.
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Animals in the phylum Cnidaria are often classified into four classes: Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Cubozoa, and Anthozoa. “Cnidaria” means “stinging nettle,” and animals are classified in this phylum for possessing stinging cells called nematocysts.
Hydrozoa - Siphonophores and Hydra (3,600 species) (Photo source)
Scyphozoa - Jellyfish (228 species) (Photo source)
Cubozoa - Box Jellies (42 species) (Photo source)
Anthozoa - Sea Anemones, Corals, and Sea Pens (6,100 species) (Photo source)
Resembling a sunflower, a sea anemone appears deceptively benign. A close relative of coral and jellyfish, anemones are stinging polyps that spend most of their time waiting for fish to pass close enough to get ensnared in their venom-filled tentacles.
Photograph by Oriana Poindexter, My Shot
