Bubble-tip anemone
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{{Taxobox
| name = Bubble-tip anemone
| image = Entquadricolor2.jpg
| image_caption = ''Entacmaea quadricolor''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Cnidaria]]
| classis = [[Anthozoa]]
| ordo = [[Actiniaria]]
| familia = [[Actiniidae]]
| genus = ''[[Entacmaea]]''
| species = '''''E. quadricolor'''''
| binomial = ''Entacmaea quadricolor''
| binomial_authority =
}}
The '''bubble-tip anemone''' ('''''Entacmaea quadricolor'''''), also known as the '''bubble tip anemone''', '''bubble anemone''' or '''bulb anemone''', is a species of [[sea anemone]] of [[Indo-Pacific]] origin. In the wild, this anemone is a [[symbiotic|natural host]] of several species of [[Clownfish|anemonefishes]], including the [[Cinnamon clownfish|Cinnamon]] (''Amphiprion melanopus''), [[Tomato clownfish|Tomato]] (''A. frenatus''), [[Orange-fin anemonefish|Orange-fin]] (''A. chrysopterus'') and [[Maroon clownfish|Maroon]] (''Premnas biaculeatus'').
This sea anemone can grow to be up to a 30 cm (1 ft) in diameter, and obtains the majority of it's energy from the zooxanthellae algae that inhabits it's tissues. This anemone comes in a variety of color morphs which tends to often mislead people. E. Quadricolor's tentacle shape can vary from long and lengthy to a bubble shape. There is no concrete evidence as to why tentacle shape/length differs. There are theories but none of them have been proven yet.
==See also==
* [[Sebae Anemone]]
[[Category:Anthozoa]]
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