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What is the relationship between clown fish and sea anemone?
The anemone will protect a clownfish, the only fish that the anemone will not sting.
How do sea anemones affect other sea creatures?
Anemones provide food and shelter for clownfish. Clownfish appear to be the only fish that can resist the anemone's stinging poison. When an unsuspecting bigger fish tries to eat the clownfish the clownfish ducks into the anemone and the big fish gets shocked to death by the poison. Then the anemone eats the fish and the clownfish gets the scraps which is fine by it.
Are clownfish poisonous?
Clownfish are endangered,because people drop anchors on an anemone the same way we drop it on coral, Clownfish cannot survive without an anemone.
What is a clownfish mean of protection?
The main and only mean of protection for clown fish is the anemone. This is the reason why clown fish spend all their lives swimming nearby anemone. They protect each other. It is called "symbiosis".
What is a clownfishes habitat?
A clownfish lives in a saltwater habitat which includes a sea anemone.
What other animals live around clown fish?
Clown fish live together the anemone, which protects clownfish from predators. This fish is the only species that is not poisoned by the stinging tentacles of the anemone. It is a perfect symbiosis. It is the main reason why no other fish species are living around clownfish. You may take a look at my website on clownfish: http://clownfishfacts.blogspot.com
What is the symbiotic relationship is between clown fish and sea anemone?
The anemone will protect a clownfish, the only fish that the anemone will not sting.
What kind of relationship does a sea anemone and a clownfish have?
The relationship of the clown fish and sea anemone is symbiotic in that the clownfish, having a coating of mucous that makes it immune to the anemone's deadly sting, can swim in safety in the anemone's tentacles, meanwhile attracting other fish as food for the anemone.
Is the relationship between a anemone and a clown fish interdependent?
For protection, clownfish seek refuge amongst the tentacles of sea anemones. The tentacles contain harpoon-like stinging capsules called nematocysts that the anemones employ to capture prey and ward off predators. In a yet-to-be resolved biological mystery, clownfish have mucus on their skin that somehow protects them against the sting of their host anemone. As a result, the clownfish are able to stick near their host which is avoided by most other fish in the sea. 'The clownfish gets protection by hiding sting-free among the tentacles. If you remove the clownfish, large butterfly fishes will eat the anemone,' said John Randall, an ichthyologist at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Butterfly fish are predators of the sea anemone. In certain areas of the tropics where clownfish, sea anemone, and butterfly fish exist, clownfish scare off butterflyfish from their host anemone. Research has shown that if the clownfish are removed from the anemone, butterfly fish will move in and devour the anemone. So, the protection of the anemone afforded by the clownfish is part of the mutual relationship. In addition to scaring off predators, some scientists speculate that clownfish waste may serve as a nutrient for the anemones… There are more than 1,000 species of sea anemones found throughout the world's oceans. Only ten of these species share their niche with clownfish, which thrive in the tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans. Each individual host anemone is home to one group of clownfish, which contain a dominant breeding pair and up to four smaller, subordinate fish. There are 28 known species of clownfish, so more than one species of clownfish may take to any given species of anemone.
The disadvantages of the symbiotic relationship between a clownfish and a sea anemone?
There are no disadvantages, but the only thing is that the sea anemone might make the clown fish get stuck in its grass-like things
What is a anemone clownfish look like?
you may think that the clown fish is only white, and orange. will no its also black, red, and yellow.
What are clown fish structural adaptations?
Clownfish can't live without a sea anemone, just like humans can't live without plants. Clownfish are the fish that can live in sea anemones. If other fish try to go in the see anemone they'll get harmed. Sea anemones protect clownfish only.
