Anthopleura xanthogrammica (Brandt, 1835)

Giant green anemone

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Anthopleura xanthogrammica (Brandt, 1835)

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Tissues resist bending under stress: giant green anemone

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Anemones resist bending because of the high stress resistance of the tissues and the distance of those tissues from the axis of bending.

     
  "Flexural stiffness is the ability of a beam-like organism to resist bending. The higher the elastic modulus of the organism's tissues and the greater the distance of those tissues from the axis of bending, the less the organism will bend when loaded." (Koehl 1977:137-138)
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  • Koehl, M. A. R. 1977. Mechanical Organization of Cantileverlike Sessile Organisms: Sea Anemones. J Exp Biol. 69(1): 127-142.
"Anthopleura xanthogrammica (Brandt, 1835)". Encyclopedia of Life, available from "http://www.eol.org/pages/704306". Accessed 19 Mar 2010.