An anemone and its anemonefish partner: shelter, cleaning, and constant patrol. The fish’s mucus shield lets it slip between stinging tentacles—no chase, no touch, just reef life at work.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kyJoO59WMLE

#Anemone #Anemonefish #ScubaDiving #Underwater #ReefLife #MarineLife

Neon #Anemone and #Anemonefish #philippines #scuba #diving

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Day 21 of #SciArtSeptember prompt is reef.

This is a handprinted linocut of two ocean creatures with a mutualistic symbiotic relationship: anemone and anemonefish. Specifically it's a rose bubble-tip anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) and a clownfish (in the genus Amphiprion), also known as an anemonefish. Sea anemones protect anemonefish from predators, and serve as a safe nest. 🧵

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #anemone #anemonefish #invertebrate #clownfish #SundayFishSketch #mastoArt

#Anemonefish, adorned with orange faces and white bands edged in black, shelter in their host. 🪸🐠

https://youtube.com/shorts/SdWjkihvom4?si=-b_lCS2qa5rX7GRP

#nature #wildlife #underwater #fish

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the anemone from its predators and parasites and nitrogen excreted by the anemonefish increases the number of algae incorporated into the tissue of their hosts, which aids the anemone in tissue growth and regeneration. The fish even aerate their hosts with their movements and may lure anemone pray with their bright colours.

#pattern #surfaceDesign #linocut #printmaking #clownfish #anemone #anemonefish #sciart #mastoArt

Here’s my original linocut: https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1749284320

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Clownfish are the best

Great collection of pictures of them on wikimedia commons

Just make sure to cite the authors.

Like this fab pic by Diego Delso

"Clark's anemonefish​ (Amphiprion clarkii) in a bubble-tip anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor), Ad Dimaniyat Islands, Oman"

#wikimedia #clownfish #OpenAccess #diversity #EvolutionSex #Ecology #Evolution #Oman #AnemoneFish #ClarkAnemoneFish

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=amphiprion+clarkii&title=Special:MediaSearch&type=image

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Solving a marine mystery: How #anemonefish avoid stings from their sea anemone hosts
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-marine-mystery-anemonefish-sea-anemone.html

Anemonefish use #SialicAcid metabolism as Trojan horse to avoid giant #SeaAnemone stinging: Natacha Roux et al. https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-025-02144-8

"anemonefish have evolved to maintain very low levels of sialic acid in their skin mucus to avoid triggering the release of stinging cells in their sea anemone hosts."

Solving a marine mystery: How anemonefish avoid stings from their sea anemone hosts

The clownfish-anemone living arrangement is one of the most widely recognized examples of symbiosis. Researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding how anemonefish can live safely among sea anemones without being stung by their venomous tentacles, solving a century-long mystery.

Phys.org

"Scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and their international collaborators have discovered that anemonefish have evolved to maintain very low levels of sialic acid in their skin mucus to avoid triggering the release of nematocysts (stinging cells) in their sea anemone hosts.
The researchers found that sea anemones also lack these sugar compounds in their own mucus, likely to avoid stinging themselves".

#anemonefish #sting #skinmucus
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-marine-mystery-anemonefish-sea-anemone.html

Solving a marine mystery: How anemonefish avoid stings from their sea anemone hosts

The clownfish-anemone living arrangement is one of the most widely recognized examples of symbiosis. Researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding how anemonefish can live safely among sea anemones without being stung by their venomous tentacles, solving a century-long mystery.

Phys.org
This is going swimmingly! 🐟

📷 Canon EOS R8 | Canon RF 100mm f2.8L Macro IS USM

#photography #canon #canonr8 #canonphotography #animalphotography #fish #clownfish #anemonefish #aquarium #anemone #seaanemone