Sea Anemones

Top Sea Anemone Facts

OceanX Clownfish and Sea Anemone

"I live in an anemonemone" 🐠 Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) and sea anemones have a partnership known as mutualism, which benefits both animals. Clownfish receive a safe place to live and prey to eat, and, in return, clownfish provide food to the anemone, help rid it of harmful parasites and chase away fish that feed on anemones. 📷 Kirin Sekito @wildkirinphotography #ausgeo #underwaterphotography #sealife #nemo #fish #reefs #scuba | Australian Geographic

Did you know that in a group of clownfish – also known as anemone fish (Amphiprioninae) – there's a strict dominance hierarchy? The largest and most aggressive female is found at the top. Anemone fish are protandrous sequential hermaphrodites, meaning they are all born males and become females when they mature. If the female anemone fish is removed from the group, such as by death, one of the largest and most dominant males becomes a female. The remaining males move up a rank in the hierarchy! D