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The magnificent sea anemone is characterized by a flared oral disc, which reaches between 20 and 50 cm in diameter, but in some specimens, this can reach 1 m. The oral disc, the base of the tentacles, and the oral orifice have the same color, going from light beige to white.
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does not suggest a difference between solitary specimens in the central distribution and clustering specimens at the rim. Asexual reproduction is found only in the rim areas and is probably the origin of the large aggregations.
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in structure. With 12 species of hosted anemonefish, the magnificent sea anemone is highly generalist. The anemonefish it hosts are also mostly generalist, the exceptions being
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in the northern Red Sea, and distribution of the resident anemonefish"
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Field Guide to
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780:Weinberg, Steven (1996).
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354:Distribution and habitat
339:, being a member of the
201:Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
960:The Biological Bulletin
490:(Mauritian anemonefish)
454:Stichodactyla mertensii
302:magnificent sea anemone
1045:10.1098/rspb.2006.3758
572:Dascyllus trimaculatus
546:(Pacific anemonefish)
482:(two-band anemonefish)
463:Amphiprion akallopisos
262:Radianthus paumotensis
222:Helianthopsis mabrucki
46:Amphiprion perideraion
16:Species of sea anemone
951:Entacmaea quadricolor
530:(Maldive anemonefish)
506:(Clark's anemonefish)
441:Amphiprion pacificus
230:Helianthopsis ritteri
1221:Heteractis_magnifica
1208:Heteractis_magnifica
1194:Heteractis magnifica
1164:Heteractis magnifica
1126:Amphiprion pacificus
903:Heteractis magnifica
822:Heteractis magnifica
818:Amphiprion ocellaris
712:(purple-tip anemone)
710:Heteractis magnifica
466:(skunk anemone fish)
297:, also known by the
294:Heteractis magnifica
278:Ropalactis magnifica
273:(Kwietniewski, 1897)
254:Radianthus magnifica
241:(Kwietniewski, 1897)
214:Corynactis magnifica
163:Heteractis magnifica
41:Heteractis magnifica
25:Heteractis magnifica
554:(clown anemonefish)
246:Radianthus mabrucki
947:Harrison, Peter L.
945:Scott, Anna &
443:, only hosted by
308:, is a species of
270:Radianthus ritteri
238:Heteractis ritteri
233:Kwietniewski, 1898
206:Antheopsis ritteri
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1077:Fautin, Daphne G.
1039:(1609): 591–598.
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955:Heteractis crispa
740:A porcelain crab
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1268:iNaturalist
1188:Wikispecies
673:A. nigripes
569:also hosts
527:A. nigripes
503:A. clarkii
433:anemonefish
337:sea anemone
327:Description
310:sea anemone
1381:Categories
768:References
551:A. percula
265:(Couthouy)
132:Heteractis
111:Actiniaria
1119:Allen, G.
882:862735362
874:1297-9635
380:Australia
372:Polynesia
348:magnifica
139:Species:
77:Kingdom:
71:Eukaryota
1286:10695432
1173:Wikidata
1141:Archived
1083:(1997).
1063:17476781
1025:(2007).
997:23785363
989:17928518
981:25066627
932:54581276
856:(2007).
827:Ethology
184:Synonyms
117:Family:
91:Cnidaria
87:Phylum:
81:Animalia
67:Domain:
1338:1086126
1260:5184183
1179:Q384085
1054:1766375
583:Gallery
417:asexual
413:gametes
392:Biology
368:Red Sea
177:, 1833)
175:Gaimard
127:Genus:
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1281:IRMNG
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1095:ISBN
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953:and
878:OCLC
870:ISSN
794:ISBN
382:and
192:List
171:Quoy
1242:EoL
1229:CoL
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1203:ADW
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