There s just something about the symbiosis of it.
Giant carpet anemone and ocellaris clownfish.
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.
They would simply be picked off by a predator as they would have no place to hide.
Both need the other to survive.
Watching a clownfish seemingly playing in its anemone host is one of the most magical things that can happen in our aquariums.
Gigantea hosts 7 different species of anemonefish amphiprion akindynos barrier reef anemonefish a.
Most anemones are treated as sessile but the ones inhabited by anemonefish are in fact motile.
In their natural habitats clownfish and anemones have a symbiotic relationship.
Clarkii clark s anemonefish a.
They also possess a powerful poison.
1 different types of clownfish tend to prefer living with or hosting different types of anemones.
Zooxanthellae are obligate symbionts within the anemone.
Clownfish do not require host anemones to survive or thrive.
Clownfish rely on anemones for protection from predators while anemones rely on clownfish for food.
Bicinctus two band anemonefish a.