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Posted: May 12 2004 at 8:41pm |
Macrodactyla doreensis
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Posted: May 12 2004 at 8:59pm |
? It wasn't a test, I'm not sure. 
How do you tell the difference between M. doreenis and H. crispa?
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Posted: May 12 2004 at 10:20pm |
Jon, just call it "That $#@$ anenome that sits in the corner" My wife has named my computer "That @#$ computer", my xbox "That @#$ game", my fish tank... you get the picture.
I agree with Shane! It looks like Macrodactyla doreensis. That picture was taken with what kind of lighting though? That may help a little, also what color is the base?
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Posted: May 12 2004 at 10:43pm |
 jfinch wrote:
? It wasn't a test, I'm not sure.
How do you tell the difference between M. doreenis and H. crispa?
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On the column, the M. doreensis have prominant verrucae(bumps). Another possibility is a Entacmaea quadricolor... I'm sure if that were it, you'ld know... it would be a bubble tip anemone.
Good luck on your I.D., Jason
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Posted: May 13 2004 at 12:22am |
Doesn't really look like M. doreensis to me but could be if it has white lines radiating outward from the mouth and neat rows of verrucae (warts) on the column, which is often orange or red in color. (from Wilkerson's clownfishes book)
H. crispa (Sebae) moplike with a profusionof long tentacles... (like that helps) Not supposed to accept mollusks, silversides or lancefish as food.
If I had to be I would say E. quadricolor - if it would eat silversides or lancefish then more likely this one than H. Crispa
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Posted: May 13 2004 at 7:10am |
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It will eat fish. It does have very faint lines radiating out from the mouth, though not as distinct as the obvious curly-Q M. doreensis. I'll look for warts on the column. Do all H. crispa have blue/purple spots on the ends of the tenticles? Thanks guys.
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Posted: May 13 2004 at 9:18am |
Jon,
Is its foot attached to a rock or is it buried in the sand?
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Posted: May 13 2004 at 10:02am |
Well I put him toward the top of the tank when I got him a few weeks ago  . So he's attached to rock. He hasn't moved since I placed him. M. doreensis like the sand right? Would they release from rock to find sand or could they be content in rock?
FWIW, I got this anemone from clown (sorry can't remember his real name) and I'm assuming it had been in his tank for some time. The anemone was at the very bottom of the tank next to the sand but attached to a piece of rock.
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Posted: May 13 2004 at 10:29am |
M. doreensis usually bury their foot in the sand, but there are exceptions.
At first glance I would say this is M. Doreensis, but there are so many anemone species it is hard to say for certain.
Has it ever hosted a clownfish? If so we should be able to narrow the search down quite a bit.
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Posted: May 13 2004 at 10:59am |
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It has not hosted a clown in my tank. It was added after the ocellaris were already in the BTA. I have two skunks that spent about 4 days in the tank without even a sniff toward this anemone. Yesterday the skunks kicked the ocellaris out of the BTA. The ocellaris are now back to hosting in the xenia.
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Posted: May 13 2004 at 3:19pm |
Usually only Amphiprion perideraion, A. polymnus, A. chrysogaster, A. Clarkii, Dascyllus trimaculatus, and sometimes Premanas biaculatus will host in a M. Doreensis. Have you ever had any of these fish in your tank with the anemone?
To be safe I would use cf. Macrodactyla doreensis.
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Posted: May 13 2004 at 3:36pm |
Nope, none of those fish have been in my tank.
What does the cf. mean?
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Posted: May 13 2004 at 9:41pm |
Here's a picture of the underside. Does this help?
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Posted: May 13 2004 at 10:28pm |
reptoreef wrote:
jfinch wrote:
? It wasn't a test, I'm not sure.
How do you tell the difference between M. doreenis and H. crispa?
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On the column, the M. doreensis have prominant verrucae(bumps). Another possibility is a Entacmaea quadricolor... I'm sure if that were it, you'ld know... it would be a bubble tip anemone.
Good luck on your I.D., Jason
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On that note, the verrucae are definitely prominant... M. doeensis... final answer, Regis.
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Posted: May 14 2004 at 6:36am |
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Thanks Jason! The bumps have it.
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Posted: May 14 2004 at 9:02am |
jfinch wrote:
What does the cf. mean?
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This is taken from The International Code for Zoological Nomenclature.
- aff. = affinis, to species you know are distinct, but closely
related. (ex: Apistogramma aff. agassizii, means a fish you know is
NOT agassizii, but a related species to it)
- cf. = confer, to species you suppose to be same. (ex: Apistogramma
cf. agassizii, means a fish you believe to be agassizii, but needs
better scientific determination to confirm)
cf. Macrodactyla doreensis would mean you are not sure of genus or species identification. Macrodactyla cf. doreensis would signify you are pretty sure of the genus, but not of the species.
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Posted: May 14 2004 at 9:36am |
Thanks Jake. I've seen that nomenclature before and didn't know who to ask to get the skinny.
Should I take offence that my wife said I was Homo cf. sapien ?
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Posted: May 14 2004 at 12:22pm |
Does that mean I won the $1,000,000,000??? .
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