Symbiotic Relationship Between Clownfish And Sea Anemones
Vienna Ai Marie C. Valleser BS Bio
August 2, 2013
Animal Systematics (ZOOL102)
A Literature Review on
Symbiotic Relationship between Clownfish and Sea Anemones
Symbiosis is a close and often long-term interaction between two or more different biological species. It comes from the ancient Greek words syn meaning “together” or “with” and vios meaning “life” (ODZ). Symbiosis is fundamentally classified as ectosymbiosis and endosymbiosis. Ectosymbiosis or exosymbiosis is a type of symbiotic relationship where one organism lives on the exterior of the other. Examples of ectosymbionts are the ectoparasites such as lice and ticks living on the surface of their hosts. Endosymbiosis is the symbiotic relationship in which one symbiont lives within the tissues of the other, either …show more content…
The last type of relationship is parasitism. It is parasitism when one symbiont benefits while the other is harmed. An example is the human and the tapeworm. The tapeworm derives food and shelter from the human host, while the human is denied of the nutrition that is consumed by the tapeworm.
Perhaps one of the most intriguing and perplexing relationships in the animal kingdom is that between clownfish and sea anemones. Their relationship has captivated people especially home aquarists since the 1970s. But never before has a fish had a bigger boost than the clownfish in the wake of Finding Nemo (Prosek, 2010). Most people did not know what a clownfish was until they saw the movie. Now it is one that even the young kids are able to easily recognize.
There are however more to clownfish than what was displayed in the movie. Clownfish are vertebrates of the Pomacentridae or damselfish family that live in tropical marine waters throughout the world. They are home loving creatures and live amongst the tentacles of sea anemones in the shallow waters of coral reefs. Sea anemones are members of the phylum
Cnidaria. They have stinging tentacles with specialized organelles called nematocysts
August 2, 2013
Animal Systematics (ZOOL102)
A Literature Review on
Symbiotic Relationship between Clownfish and Sea Anemones
Symbiosis is a close and often long-term interaction between two or more different biological species. It comes from the ancient Greek words syn meaning “together” or “with” and vios meaning “life” (ODZ). Symbiosis is fundamentally classified as ectosymbiosis and endosymbiosis. Ectosymbiosis or exosymbiosis is a type of symbiotic relationship where one organism lives on the exterior of the other. Examples of ectosymbionts are the ectoparasites such as lice and ticks living on the surface of their hosts. Endosymbiosis is the symbiotic relationship in which one symbiont lives within the tissues of the other, either …show more content…
The last type of relationship is parasitism. It is parasitism when one symbiont benefits while the other is harmed. An example is the human and the tapeworm. The tapeworm derives food and shelter from the human host, while the human is denied of the nutrition that is consumed by the tapeworm.
Perhaps one of the most intriguing and perplexing relationships in the animal kingdom is that between clownfish and sea anemones. Their relationship has captivated people especially home aquarists since the 1970s. But never before has a fish had a bigger boost than the clownfish in the wake of Finding Nemo (Prosek, 2010). Most people did not know what a clownfish was until they saw the movie. Now it is one that even the young kids are able to easily recognize.
There are however more to clownfish than what was displayed in the movie. Clownfish are vertebrates of the Pomacentridae or damselfish family that live in tropical marine waters throughout the world. They are home loving creatures and live amongst the tentacles of sea anemones in the shallow waters of coral reefs. Sea anemones are members of the phylum
Cnidaria. They have stinging tentacles with specialized organelles called nematocysts