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Most anemones are treated as sessile, but the ones inhabited by anemonefish are in fact motile. [4] Zooxanthellae are obligate symbionts within the anemone. S. gigantea hosts 7 different species of anemonefish Amphiprion akindynos (Barrier reef anemonefish) A. bicinctus (Two-band anemonefish) A. clarkii (Clark's anemonefish) A. ocellaris (False ...
The species' most closely related ancestor is Amphiprion percula, the orange clownfish. It is thought that A. ocellaris specialized after diverging from the genus Premnas, and scientific evidence confirms that all clownfish belonging to the genus Amphiprion initially could withstand the stings of only one type of anemone; after further ...
This is known as the ocellaris clownfish and sometimes referred to as the "false percula clownfish" or "common clownfish" due to its similar color and pattern. The "easiest" way to distinguish the two species is the fact that A. percula has 10 spines in the first dorsal fin (rarely having 9) and A. ocellaris has 11 (rarely 10), which is a more ...
Amphiprion ocellaris Cuvier, 1830 (Clown anemonefish) Amphiprion omanensis Allen & Mee, 1991 (Oman anemonefish) Amphiprion pacificus Allen, Drew & Fenner, 2010 (Pacific anemonefish) Amphiprion percula (Lacepède, 1802) (Orange clownfish) Amphiprion perideraion Bleeker, 1855 (Pink anemonefish) Amphiprion polymnus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Saddleback ...
The maroon clownfish has been successfully crossbred with A. ocellaris to create the hybrid named the "blood orange clownfish" by the Florida aquaculture company, Oceans, Reefs and Aquariums. [22] The body of this hybrid more closely resembles A. ocellaris , but possesses a darker orange hue, grows larger, and has a more fiery temperament ...
Stichodactylidae is a family of sea anemones that contains the genera Stichodactyla (carpet anemones) and Radianthus.These species reside exclusively within the shallow waters of the tropical Indo-Pacific area and are in the main family of sea anemones that hosts several varieties of clownfishes. [1]
The sea anemone protects the clownfish from predators, as well as providing food through the scraps left from the anemone's meals and occasional dead anemone tentacles. In return, the clownfish defends the anemone from its predators, and parasites. [4] Clownfish are small-sized, 10–18 centimetres (3.9–7.1 in), and depending on species, they ...
The sea anemone protects the clownfish from predators, as well as providing food through the scraps left from the anemone's meals and occasional dead anemone tentacles. In return, the clownfish defends the anemone from its predators and parasites. [3] Clownfish are small-sized, 10–18 cm (3.9–7.1 in), and depending on species, they are ...