Two types of asexual reproduction are found in sea anemones.  These are longitudinal fission and pedal laceration. A third type, budding, is mentioned here with reference to zoanthids, a group related to sea anemones. A fourth type of asexual reproduction, transverse fission (strobilation) is found in jellyfish polyps (see CNIDARIA>JELLYFISH>REPRODUCTION>FREE-SWIMMING). All four types result in the formation of genetically identical clones. A possible 5th type of asexual reproduction is reported for the sea anemone Urticina crassicornis, described in the first Research Study in the section on asexual reproduction, but the exact mechanism of how it works is still in question.

NOTE  budding is also found in hydrozoans (see CNIDARIA>HYDROIDS>LIFECYCLE & REPRODUCTION)