They also possess a powerful poison.
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.
In nature a clownfish cannot survive without a host anemone.
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.
Watching a clownfish seemingly playing in its anemone host is one of the most magical things that can happen in our aquariums.
Both need the other to survive.
Most anemones are treated as sessile but the ones inhabited by anemonefish are in fact motile.
Zooxanthellae are obligate symbionts within the anemone.
The species exhibits a rich range of color variation including brown yellow blue green and more.
There s just something about the symbiosis of it.
Gigantea hosts 7 different species of anemonefish amphiprion akindynos barrier reef anemonefish a.
1 different types of clownfish tend to prefer living with or hosting different types of anemones.
They would simply be picked off by a predator as they would have no place to hide.
Bicinctus two band anemonefish a.
Clownfish rely on anemones for protection from predators while anemones rely on clownfish for food.