Clownfish develop their characteristic white stripes at different speeds depending on the type of sea anemone in which they live, a study has found.
Made famous by Finding Nemo , the iconic reef-dwellers grow their stripes or bars as they undergo the metamorphosis that turns them from larvae to adults.
Experts surveyed clownfish in Papua New Guinea s Kimbe Bay, where they live either in the magnificent sea anemone or the more toxic giant carpet anemone.
They noticed that the juvenile clownfish that lived in the giant carpet anemone got their white bars faster than those calling the magnificent sea anemone home.
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Scientists Develop the First Stable Coral Cell Cultures
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Highlights
Researchers have successfully grown cells from the stony coral, Acropora tenuis, in petri dishes
The cell lines were created by separating out of cells from coral larvae, which then developed into eight distinct cell types
Seven out of eight cell types were stable and could grow indefinitely, remaining viable even after freezing
Some of the cell types represented endoderm-like cells, and could therefore shed light on how coral interacts with photosynthesizing algae and how bleaching occurs
The cell lines could be used in many avenues of coral cell research, including coral development, coral farming and the impact of climate change and pollution