- Stichodactyla gigantea
Taxobox
name = "Stichodactlya gigantea"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Cnidaria
classis = Anthozoa
ordo =Actiniaria
familia =Stichodactylidae
genus = "Stichodactlya "
species = "S. gigantea"
binomial = "Stichodactyla gigantea"
binomial_authority = (Forskål, 1775)"Stichodactyla gigantea", commonly known as the giant carpet anemone [Fenner, Robert M. The Conscientious Marine Aquarist: A Commonsense Handbook for Successful Saltwater Hobbyists. Shelburne, VT: Microcosm Ltd. 1998] is a species of
sea anemone that lives in theIndo-Pacific area, with a diameter usually no larger than 50centimetre s (1.64 feet) [http://www.seadb.univpm.it/schedule.php?ids=329] with a max of 80centimetre s [http://www.freshmarine.com/carpet-green-anemone.html] .It can be kept in aquaria but a very challenging species to keep alive and healthy for more than 3-5 years.Ecology
"S. gigantea" resides on shallow
seagrass beds or sand flats around 8centimetre s deep (at low tide). [Mitchell, Jeremy S. 2003. "Mobility of Stichodactlya gigantea sea anemones and implications for resident false clown anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris. Environmental Biology of Fishes. Vol. 66:85-90.] Most anemones are treated as sessile, but the ones inhabited byanemonefish are in fact motile. [Fautin, D. G., Allen, G. R. 1992. "Field guide to anemonefishes and their host anemones. Western Australian Museum, Perth. 160pp.]Zooxanthellae are obligate symbionts within the anemone, and are associated as hosts to the common clownfish ("A. ocellaris"), Clark's anemonefish ("A. clarkii"), the pink skunk clownfish ("A. perideraion"), and occasionally with the domino damselfish ("D. trimaculatus"). [http://www.seadb.univpm.it/schedule.php?ids=329]References
External links
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* http://www.seadb.univpm.it/schedule.php?ids=329
* http://www.freshmarine.com/carpet-green-anemone.html
* http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm
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