Template:Did you know nominations/Corynactis viridis

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The result was: promoted by RileyBugz^{私に叫ぼう}_私の編集 14:48, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

Corynactis viridis[edit]

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... that jewel anemones split apart but stay together?

Reviewed: Maurice (emperor)
Comment: These anemones are quite colourful, but rather than include an image I was thinking of the quirky slot.

Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 09:11, 30 July 2018 (UTC).

reviewing. Quirky hook. New enough. Will complete review soon. Whispyhistory (talk) 13:40, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

copyvio ok, interesting, well written, QPQ done. @Cwmhiraeth: Please point out where the hook is in the article then all good to go. Whispyhistory (talk) 07:32, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

@Whispyhistory: The first bit comes from "Corynactis viridis reproduces by means of longitudinal fission", a process that I explain using another source. The other part comes from "often forms dense patches". I don't know whether this species reproduces in any other way, but if you reproduce by fission, live on the seabed and can't swim, your immediate neighbours are likely to be your close relatives. Another sea anemone for which I recently wrote an article, Diadumene cincta, which reproduces by fragmentation, is usually orange but there is a locality near Plymouth where the population is fawn. This is likely to be because of a chance mutation that was propagated and came to be the dominant colouring in that locality. If you think the hook unsatisfactory, it could be reworded. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:50, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Understood. The hook is good. Can you add it like this in the article somehow, if possible. Whispyhistory (talk) 09:14, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Not really, it would be OR. I thought that "stay together" could refer to the fact that they occur in dense clusters. To establish that the individuals were closely related would require considerable research. We could have "live together" in the hook I suppose. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:31, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Went through again. I understand what you are saying. split apart= fission. Stay together= found in dense aggregations. It works as it is. Very clever. I linked it in article. Please check ok with you. Thank you. Whispyhistory (talk) 12:32, 31 July 2018 (UTC)