Giant Carpet Anemone (species: Stichodactyla gigantea) in Frankland Island Group, QLD (Gaia Guide)
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Stichodactyla gigantea
Giant Carpet Anemone


©Anne: Stichodactyla gigantea at North Direction Island

©Anne: A rare blue form of Stichodactyla gigantea at Lizard Island, with fish Amphiprion percula

©Anne: Crab under disc of Stichodactyla gigantea at North Direction Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Order Actiniaria
Family Stichodactylidae
Genus Stichodactyla
Species Stichodactyla gigantea

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: Uncommon

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Danger

  • mild discomfort - From experience at Lizard Island, contact with the blue form of this anemone is painless, but uncomfortable swelling and lesions develop after several hours and last for several days.  

References

  • Elliott, J.K. and R.N. Mariscal (1996). Ontogenetic and interspecific variation in the protection of anemonefishes from sea anemones. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 208: 52-72. LIRS catalog number 1662.
  • Fautin, D.G. (1984). Competition by anemonefishes for a preferred host actinian, American Zoologist, 24(3): 543. LIRS catalog number 193.
  • Fautin, D.G. (1985). Why do anemonefishes inhabit only some host actinians? "Proceedings of the Fifth International Coral Reef Congress, Tahiti".5, : 373-377(?). LIRS catalog number 189.
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