Documented evidence of H. crispa hosting A. Ocellarisin the wild

[Winwood]

Just as the title says, about at the 1:20 mark, it appears to be a group of ocellaris being hosted by H. crispa. Thoughts welcome.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VpEER1slGR8

 

[Winwood]

Here's some more food for thought. Here is a vid of A. sandarcinos in what appears to S. haddoni. On top of that the anemone seems to be anchored in a rock crevice and getting battered by strong currents.

http://www.shutterstock.com/video/c...ter-in-the-raja-ampat-islands-west-papua.html

 

[Winwood]

Can someone move this to the anemone and clownfish forum please

 

[billsreef]

[moved]

Not surprised by the A. ocellaris in the H. crispa. H. crispa hosts the most clownfish of any of the host anemones.

 

[garygb]

Very cool. The first time I've ever seen evidence in the wild of crispa hosting ocellaris. And still haven't seen any percs in the wild in crispa.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

So what is the natural host of Percula?

 

[CoralsAddiction]

very cool. The first time i've ever seen evidence in the wild of crispa hosting ocellaris. And still haven't seen any percs in the wild in crispa.

+1

 

[ginpang]

Most books will give you as an answer mostly heteractis magnifica and stichodactyla gigantea. But they're known to also live in heteractis crispa and stichodactyla mertensii.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

So what is the natural host of Percula?

Having seen dozens (if not over 100) videos of A. Percula from Australia and Solomon to Papua and Indonesia (Biak to be specific) the only two are H. Magnifica and S. Gigantea. Not counting out H. Crispa. Still trying to find proof.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Most books will give you as an answer mostly heteractis magnifica and stichodactyla gigantea. But they're known to also live in heteractis crispa and stichodactyla mertensii.

I might have seen a video of A. Ocellaris in Merten's anemone in the wild but not A. Percula.

 

[marc price]

Very cool. The first time I've ever seen evidence in the wild of crispa hosting ocellaris. And still haven't seen any percs in the wild in crispa.

Me too, and the "books" (likely recycled info), as far as I know going back to Fautin and Allen printing A. Percula associates with H. magnifica, H. crispa and S. gigantea. A. ocellaris with H. magnifica, S. gigantea and S mertensii.

 

[marc price]

Here's some more food for thought. Here is a vid of A. sandarcinos in what appears to S. haddoni. On top of that the anemone seems to be anchored in a rock crevice and getting battered by strong currents.

http://www.shutterstock.com/video/c...ter-in-the-raja-ampat-islands-west-papua.html

S. haddoni can be found on deep reef slopes, Julian Sprung Inverts A Quick Ref Guide has a pic on pg 55. However I'm not convinced this one is haddoni. Take the video down to 1/4 speed, there are places where the rather pronounced verrucae appear to be a dark green and also a orange hue for a few frames. I think it could well be S. mertensii with the red orange verrucae not picked up by the dive camera/lighting.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Having seen dozens (if not over 100) videos of A. Percula from Australia and Solomon to Papua and Indonesia (Biak to be specific) the only two are H. Magnifica and S. Gigantea. Not counting out H. Crispa. Still trying to find proof.

Is there anything I'd need to know about keeping a magnifica/Ritteri any special needs or anything to watch out for?

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Is there anything I'd need to know about keeping a magnifica/Ritteri any special needs or anything to watch out for?

Just a strong light, clean water and enough room for it to be happy

 

[addictedreefer]

S. haddoni can be found on deep reef slopes, Julian Sprung Inverts A Quick Ref Guide has a pic on pg 55. However I'm not convinced this one is haddoni. Take the video down to 1/4 speed, there are places where the rather pronounced verrucae appear to be a dark green and also a orange hue for a few frames. I think it could well be S. mertensii with the red orange verrucae not picked up by the dive camera/lighting.

+1 Looks like a martens to me.

 

[D-Nak]

S. haddoni can be found on deep reef slopes, Julian Sprung Inverts A Quick Ref Guide has a pic on pg 55. However I'm not convinced this one is haddoni. Take the video down to 1/4 speed, there are places where the rather pronounced verrucae appear to be a dark green and also a orange hue for a few frames. I think it could well be S. mertensii with the red orange verrucae not picked up by the dive camera/lighting.

I was thinking the same thing. The patterning and color could very well be that of mertensii, and it appears to have verrucae just not colored up as you mentioned.

 

[Daniel62]

What amazes me is the amount of current the Haddoni/S. mertensii is taking.