Anemonefish form mutualistic relationships with the sea anemones they live in and these associations are not random: some species such as the yellow-tail anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) are ...

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 ...

The secret’s in the snot. Chemical changes in the mucus that coats a clownfish’s body can blunt the sting of its symbiotic anemone partner. To investigate, she and her colleagues raised orange ...

Scientists reveal new lineages of giant sea anemones in Japan and their surprising associations with anemonefish. Researchers at the Marine Eco-Evo-Devo Unit and Marine Genomics Unit at the Okinawa ...

Schematic diagram showing the choice experiment for lineage A and D of the bubble-tip sea anemone (Entacmaea) in yellow-tail and tomato clownfish. Credit: Kashimoto et al., 2023 A schematic ...

Scientists reveal new lineages of giant sea anemones in Japan and their surprising associations with anemonefish. The scientists discovered that anemonefish are better at distinguishing different ...