Merten S Carpet Sea Anemone

Amphiprion chrysopterus orangefin clownfish with stichodactyla mertensii merten s carpet anemone naigani island fiji.

Merten s carpet sea anemone.

Other names it is known by are the gigantic sea. Colour varies but always has orange spots underneath. Other than their size merten s anemones are a bit boring having no bright fun colours that other anemones flaunt. Mertens carpet anemone is not as common in the aquarium trade as the other carpet anemones.

Found over coral and rocky substrates of coral and rocky reefs playing host to 15 types of anemonefish. Merten s sea anemone item description price quantity stock status 033210 merten s carpet anemone small. They can reach staggering proportions of over one metre in diameter. Up to 3 indo pacific restriction on guarantee 149 99 033211 merten s carpet anemone medium.

Its short stubby tentacles are about 8 mm long and tapered. What do sea anemones eat. There are so many tentacles they give the anemone a shaggy carpet appearance thus the name carpet anemone. Stichodactyla mertensii commonly known as mertens carpet sea anemone is a species of sea anemones in the family stichodactylidae.

The merten s carpet anemone is a carnivore. As you can see this video the anemone is home to many different species of fish and aquatic life. Merten s carpet anemones are the largest sea anemones in the world. Also known as carpet anemone hexacoral merten s carpet sea anemone merton s sea anemone spotted base carpet anemone.

Carpet anemones are not listed among the threatened animals of singapore. That s a little ridiculous for a sea anemone. They feed on algae. But so far the only animals observed on merten s carpet anemones were the five spot anemone shrimps periclimines brevicarpalis and the false clown anemonefish amphiprion ocellaris.

The latin name is stichodactyla mertensii. The largest species of anemone is the mertens sea carpet anemone it can grow up to a diameter of to one meter. Stichodactyla anemones are well equipped with nutritional alternatives for their well being. Clark s anemonefish porcelain crab and damselfish.

It is the largest of the carpet anemones growing up to three feet in diameter.