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Entacmaea quadricolor (Leuckart, 1828)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Cnidaria
class
Anthozoa
order
Actiniaria
family
Actiniidae
genus
Entacmaea
species
Entacmaea quadricolor

Name

Synonyms
Actinia adhaerens Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834
Actinia ehrenbergii Brandt, 1835
Actinia ehrenbergii Brandt, 1835
Actinia erythrosoma Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834
Actinia helianthus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834
Actinia quadricolor Leuckart, 1828
Actinia quadricolor Leuckart, 1828
Actinia quatricolor
Actinia vas
Actinia vasa Quoy & Gaimard
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, 1834)
Homonyms
Entacmaea quadricolor (Leuckart, 1828)
Common names
Blasenanemone in German
Knubbelanemone in German
Kupferanemone in German
bubble tip sea anemone in English
bubble-tip anemone in English
bulb tentacle sea anemone in English
bulb tentacle sea anemone in English
bulb-tentacle sea anemone in English
bulb-tip anemone in English
four-colored anemone in English
maroon anemone in English
rose anemone in English
Blasenanemone in German
Knubbelanemone in German
Kupferanemone in German
bubble tip sea anemone in English
bubble-tip anemone in English
bulb tentacle sea anemone in English
bulb-tentacle sea anemone in English
bulb-tip anemone in English
four-colored anemone in English
maroon anemone in English
rose anemone in English

Bibliographic References

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  2. Allen, G. R.; Drew, J.; Kaufman, L. (2008). Amphiprion barberi, a new species of anemonefish (Pomacentridae) from Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa. Aqua -- International Journal of Ichthyology, 14(3): 105-114
  3. Arellano, S. M.; Fautin, D. G. (2001). Redescription and range extension of the sea anemone Exocoelactis actinostoloides (Wassilieff, 1908), with revision of genus Exocoelactis (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria). Zoosystema, 23, 4, 645-657
  4. Arvedlund, M.; Hattori, A.; Iwao, K.; Takemura, A. (2006). When cleanerfish become anemonefish. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 86, 1265-1266
  5. Arvedlund, M.; Iwao, K.; Brolund, T. M.; Takemura, A. (2006). Juvenile Thalassoma amblycephalum Bleeker (Labridae, Teleostei) dwelling among the tentacles of sea anemones: a cleanerfish with an unusual talent?. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 329, 161-173
  6. Arvedlund, M.; McCormick, M. I.; Fautin, D. G.; Bildsøe, M. (1999). Host recognition and possible imprinting in the anemonefish Amphiprion melanopus. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 188, 207-218
  7. Astalhov, D. A. (2002). Species composition of anemonefishes (Perciformes, Pomacentridae) and their host sea anemones (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) in the Khanhhoa Province (South Vietnam). Journal of Ichthyology, 42(1): 37-50
  8. Bennett-Smith, M. F.; Majoris, J. E.; Titus, B. M.; Berumen, M. L. (2021). Clownfish hosting anemones (Anthozoa, Actiniaria) of the Red Sea: new associations and distributions, historical misidentifications, and morphological variability. <em>Marine Biodiversity Records.</em> 14(1). 10.1186/s41200-021-00216-6
  9. Brolund, T. M.; Tychsen, A.; Nielsen, L. E.; Arvedlund, M. (2004). An assemblage of the host anemone Heteractis magnifica in the northern Red Sea, and distribution of the resident anemonefish. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 84, 671-674
  10. Chadwick, N. E.; Arvedlund, M. (2005). Abundance of giant sea anemones and patterns of association with anemonefish in the northern Red Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 85(5): 1287-1292
  11. Chen, C.; Soong, K.; Chen, C. A. (2008). The smallest oocytes among broadcast-spawning actiniarians and a unique lunar reproductive cycle in a unisexual population of the sea anemone, Aiptasia pulchella (Anthozoa: Actiniaria). Zoological Studies, 47(1): 37-45
  12. Chintiroglou, C. C.; Doumenc, D. A.; Le Renard, J.; Foubert, A.; Kolyva-Machaira, P. (1996). Classification of cnidarian nematocysts using multivariate and digital image analysis. Bios, 4, 123-135
  13. Dunn, D. F. (1981). The clownfish sea anemones: Stichodactylidae (Coelenterata: Actiniaria) and other sea anemones symbiotic with pomacentrid fishes. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 71, 1, 1-115
  14. Dunn, D. F. (1982). Cnidaria. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York and other cities., volume 1, pp. 669-706
  15. Dunn, D. F. (1985). Sea anemones that harbor symbiotic pomacentrid fishes in the western Pacific. National Geographic Society Research Reports, 18, 279-283
  16. England, K. W. (1987). Certain Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the Red Sea and tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), 53(4): 205-292
  17. Fautin, D. G. (1985). Competition by anemone fishes for host actinians. Proceedings of the Fifth International Coral Reef Congress, 5, 373-377
  18. Fautin, D. G. (1986). Why do anemonefishes inhabit only some host actinians?. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 15(3): 171-180
  19. Fautin, D. G. (1988). Sea anemones (Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia) of Madang Province. Science in New Guinea, 14(1): 22-29
  20. Fautin, D. G. (1991). The anemonefish symbiosis: what is known and what is not. Symbiosis, 10, 23-46
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