Bubble-tip anemone

Bubble-tip anemone
A colony of Entacmaea quadricolor. Young individuals may have about 20 tentacles, with numbers increasing during their lifetime.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Actiniidae
Genus: Entacmaea
Species:
E. quadricolor
Binomial name
Entacmaea quadricolor
(Leuckart in Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828)
Synonyms
List
  • Actinia adhaerens Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834
  • Actinia ehrenbergii Brandt, 1835
  • Actinia erythrosoma Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834
  • Actinia helianthus Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834
  • Actinia quadricolor Leuckart in Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828
  • Actinia quatricolor
  • Actinia vas
  • Actinia vasa Quoy & Gaimard: de Blainville, 1830
  • Actinia vasum
  • Anemonia adhaerens Ehrenberg
  • Anemonia adherens
  • Anemonia erythrosoma Ehrenberg
  • Anemonia kwoiam Haddon & Shackleton, 1893
  • Anemonia ramsayi (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893)
  • Antheopsis carlgreni Lager, 1911
  • Aulactinia gelam (Haddon & Shackleton)
  • Cereactis quadricolor Leuckart
  • Condylactis erythrosoma (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)
  • Condylactis ramsayi Haddon & Shackleton, 1893
  • Corynactis quadricolor Leuckart
  • Corynactis vas Quoy & Gaimard
  • Crambactis arabica Haeckel, 1876
  • Crambractis arabica
  • Cymbactis maxima Wassilieff, 1908
  • Entacmaea actinostoloides
  • Entacmaea adhaerens Hemprich & Ehrenberg
  • Entacmaea quadricolour
  • Entacmaea ramsayi (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893)
  • Entacmea quadricolor (Leuckart in Rüppel & Leuckart, 1828)
  • Gyrostoma helianthus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)
  • Gyrostoma quadricolor
  • Gyrostoma adhaerens (Hemprich & Ehrenberg)
  • Gyrostoma adherens (Ehrenberg, 1834)
  • Gyrostoma erythrosoma (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1851)
  • Gyrostoma erythrososma (Hemprich & Ehrenberg)
  • Gyrostoma haddoni Lager, 1911
  • Gyrostoma helianthus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)
  • Gyrostoma heliantus
  • Gyrostoma hertwigi Kwietniewski, 1897
  • Gyrostoma kwoiam (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893)
  • Gyrostoma quadricolor
  • Gyrostoma ramsayi (Haddon & Shackleton)
  • Gyrostoma stuhlmanni Carlgren, 1900
  • Gyrostoma sulcatum Lager, 1911
  • Gysostoma hertwigi
  • Heteractis gelam (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893)
  • Isacmaea erythrosoma (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)
  • Isactinia kwoiam (Hadd. & Shackl.)
  • Melactis vas
  • Metactis vas
  • Paracicyonis maxima
  • Paractis adhaerens
  • Paractis ehrenbergii Br.
  • Paractis erythrosoma
  • Paractis helianthus
  • Physobrachia douglasi Saville-Kent, 1893
  • Physobrachia ramsayi Mariscal, 1970
  • Physobrachia ramsayi (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893)
  • Psychobrachia douglasi
  • Radianthus carlgreni (Lager, 1911)
  • Radianthus gelam (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893)
  • Ropalactis vas Quoy & Gaimard

Bubble-tip anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) 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.

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