anemone life and aging

[dano]

So I was wondering if anemones procreate by splitting, do they age? Is one anemone older than another other than the time it takes to split? Do they ever die of "old age"? How do they bring variation into their gene pool? Thanks

[traveller7]

Many species have the ability to reproduce sexually as well as asexually.

 

Reproduction via division and pedal laceration produces "clones".

They have not found evidence of senescence in anemones, as far as we can measure, they do not age.

[Hilary]

Excellent questions!

[traveller7]

If interested in some further details, the following are good reads:

 

http://www.nhm.ku.edu/inverts/ebooks/ch34.html

 

http://my.fit.edu/~rvw/Lectures/Clonal%20&%20aclonal.htm

 

Cheers.

[igozoom]

You just blew my mind!

Many species have the ability to reproduce sexually as well as asexually.

 

Reproduction via division and pedal laceration produces "clones".

They have not found evidence of senescence in anemones, as far as we can measure, they do not age.