Even though the clownfish help the sea anemones, they must be very careful.
The clownfish has an extreme home inside the dangerous sea anemone.
These small, colorful fish live in the warmer waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans, and they make their homes inside sea anemones.
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In the tree of life, already at the low evolutionary level of cnidarians, say in a medusa, or in aseaanemone, there are primitive nervous systems.
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Thisseaanemonehas a solid basal plate which is always flat.
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Besides feeding and defense,seaanemoneand coral colonies use cnidocytes to sting one another in order to defend or win space.
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It is found in such organs asseaanemonetentacles and the body wall of sea cucumbers.
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Theseaanemoneeats small fish and shrimp.
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Reef species include plate coral, soft coral, sea fan andseaanemone.
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Keen also cited direct observation of a wentletrap feeding by insertion of its proboscis into aseaanemone.
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When the piddock dies and leaves an empty tubular burrow, other marine life such asseaanemone, crabs and other molluscs may use the burrow.
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The associative relationship that binds the clownfish and theseaanemoneis called mutualism.
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It lives among the tentacles and up to six individual shrimps have been seen on oneseaanemone.
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In polyp form, such asseaanemoneand coral, the body is below with the tentacles pointed upwards.
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This porcelain crab is usually found within the stinging tentacles of a number ofseaanemonespecies.
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It is aggressively territorial and is completely dependent on itsseaanemone.
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The larger theseaanemone, the more likely fish are to visit it.
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Up to 26 shrimps have been found associated with oneseaanemonebut usually there are just one or two.
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