page_title: Bubble-tip anemone
section_title: Symbionts
hierarchical_section_title: Bubble-tip anemone / Symbionts
caption_attribution_description: English: Ancylomenes longicarpus on bubble anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) at Shaab El Erg Reef (near Hurghada, Egypt)
context_page_description: Bubble-tip anemone is a species of sea anemone in the family Actiniidae. Like several anemone species, E. quadricolor can support several anemonefish species, and displays two growth types based on where they live in the water column, one of which gives it the common name, due to the bulbous tips on its tentacles.
context_section_description: E. quadricolor is found within the range of most anemonefish and is highly generalist, hosting 14 different species, around half the species of anemonefish. It is thought the primary reason it does not host other species is competition, with other factors being habitat preferences or host-fish biochemical signalling. The anemone fish hosted by E quadricolor are: 
  Amphiprion akindynos (Barrier reef anemonefish)
  A. allardi (Allard's anemonefish)
  A. barberi (Barber's anemonefish) 
  A. bicinctus (Two-band anemonefish)
  A. chrysopterus (Orange-fin anemonefish)
  A. clarkii (Clark's anemonefish)
  A. ephippium (Red Saddleback anemonefish)
  A. frenatus (Tomato anemonefish)
  A. mccullochi (Whitesnout anemonefish)
  A. melanopus (Red & Black anemonefish) (primarily clustered form)
  A. omanensis (Oman anemonefish)
  A. rubrocinctus (Australian anemonefish)
  A. tricinctus (Three-band anemonefish)
  Premnas biaculeatus (Maroon anemonefish) (only solitary form)
  E. quadricolor also associates with juvenile Dascyllus trimaculatus and shrimps such as Periclimenes brevicarpalis.
caption: Shrimp on Red Sea bubble-tip anemone
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