NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Anemones and clownfish have a symbiotic relationship known as “mutualism, ” in which each species benefits the other. Able to withstand an anemone’s stinging tentacles, the clownfish use the anemones for protection from predators.

Detailed explanation-2: -Clownfish Habitat and Diet Clownfish are found in warm waters, such as the Red Sea and Pacific Oceans, in sheltered reefs or lagoons, living in anemone. Clownfish eat various small invertebrates and algae, as well as food scraps the anemone leaves behind.

Detailed explanation-3: -Clownfish use these stinging tentacles to their advantage: they acclimate themselves to an anemone by developing a layer of mucous over their bodies that makes them immune from the anemone’s stinging cells. After they gain this immunity, they are able to use the anemone as shelter, hiding from their own predators.