Merten S Carpet Anemone

This species has an oral disc that can be described as more ovoid than circular that contours to the.

Merten s carpet anemone. Merten s carpet anemone is the only species of the large carpet anemones that is naturally found attached to rocky substrates usually in deeper water than stichodactyla haddoni and stichodactyla gigantea and can be identified by it s flattened rock hugging appearance short tentacles verrucae small finger like projections on its. These anemones have not been observed to eat large animals. Merten s carpet anemone xx large. The largest of the carpet anemones it has a deeply folded oral disc that can grow to a diameter of up to 3 3 feet 1 m.

It is the largest of the carpet anemones growing up to three feet in diameter. Unlike the haddon s and gigantic carpet anemones which. The merten s carpet anemone stichodactyla mertensii is the true giant of the clown fish anemone hosts. Carpet anemones may also feed on fine particles that are trapped on their bodies.

Mertens carpet anemone is not as common in the aquarium trade as the other carpet anemones. Rocky coral areas are the preferred habitat for merten s carpet anemones which live in tropical waters in the indo pacific oceans. Over 7 8 indo pacific restriction on guarantee. Over 8 indo pacific restriction on guarantee.

Stichodactyla mertensii commonly known as mertens carpet sea anemone is a species of sea anemones in the family stichodactylidae it is regarded as the largest sea anemone with a diameter of over 1 m 3 3 ft the next largest being heteractis magnifica which has longer tentacles. Merten s carpet anemone show. Besides the symbiotic algae that lives inside the their tentacles several kinds of animals have been associated with merten s carpet anemones. These anemones need a very large established aquarium with perfect water quality high flow and bright lighting.

The only anemone i ve written about was the cloak anemone which forms a partnership with hermit crabs.