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Title: Anemonefish Parental Care. Egypt
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A female Red Sea anemonefish (two band anemonefish: Amphiprion bicinctus) rubs the non-stinging side of a tentacle of a magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica) over her freshly laid eggs, to cover them in anemone mucous and protect them from further stings, on a coral reef. Daedelus Reef. Egypt. Red Sea.
- Anthozoans: Anthozoa
- Cnidarians: Cnidaria
- coral reef
- Daedelus Reef
- Egypt
- Invertebrates
- living together
- magnificent sea anemone: Heteractis magnifica
- Marine Life
- Red Sea
- Red Sea anemonefish: two band anemonefish: Amphiprion bicinctus
- Sea Anemones: Actininaria
- symbiosis
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