Template:Did you know nominations/Mesacmaea mitchellii

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The result was: promoted by cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 23:22, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Mesacmaea mitchellii edit

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... that Mesacmaea mitchellii is a burrowing sea anemone? Source: "Buried in sand or gravel with just the disc and tentacles protruding."

Reviewed: German torpedo boat T22

Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 20:15, 1 November 2018 (UTC).

no copyvios, interesting, article long enough and hook short enough. L293D (☎ • ✎) 12:28, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

Do you have a more hooky suggestion? Yoninah (talk) 17:57, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

@Yoninah: Burrowing among sea anemones is pretty unusual, but how about:

ALT1 ... that the sea anemone Mesacmaea mitchellii uses the base of its column to burrow into the sediment? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:12, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. I don't mind if you tell me it's unusual in the hook, but ALT1 is a good option. ALT1 hook ref verified and cited inline. Rest of review per L293D. ALT1 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 18:17, 2 December 2018 (UTC)