Bubble-tip anemone 4194396 226166136 2008-07-17T03:12:52Z 70.121.7.91 {{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]] {{cnidarian-stub}} [[de:Blasenanemone]] [[fr:Entacmaea]] [[fi:kuplavuokko]] [[sv:Entacmaea quadricolor]]