Giant carpet anemone these large sea anemones are favored by the ocellaris clownfish and the red spotted porcelain crab which form symbiotic relationships with this species.
Giant carpet anemone and ocellaris clownfish.
There s just something about the symbiosis of it.
Clarkii clark s anemonefish a.
1 different types of clownfish tend to prefer living with or hosting different types of anemones.
Most anemones are treated as sessile but the ones inhabited by anemonefish are in fact motile.
They also possess a powerful poison.
Both need the other to survive.
In their natural environment ocellaris clownfish will host in magnificent sea anemone heteractis magnifica giant carpet sea anemone stichodactyla gigantean and merten s carpet sea anemone stichodactyla mertensii.
The species exhibits a rich range of color variation including brown yellow blue green and more.
In their natural habitats clownfish and anemones have a symbiotic relationship.
Zooxanthellae are obligate symbionts within the anemone.
Bicinctus two band anemonefish a.
They would simply be picked off by a predator as they would have no place to hide.
Gigantea hosts 7 different species of anemonefish amphiprion akindynos barrier reef anemonefish a.
In nature a clownfish cannot survive without a host anemone.