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It's always a joy to wake up really early (5am) and head out of the house in search of adventure. Today (Tuesday - 22 July 2008) was no exception.
Cyrene Reef (Terumbu Pandan in Malay) was full of surprises as usual. There is always something new to discover.

The clip shows an (actually two) anemone shrimp in a carpet anemone.
The shrimp benefits from practising commensalism where it lives in a symbiotic relationship with the anemone which is not harmed. Usually, there are two shrimp...one male (smaller) and a female (bigger). The males are usually less spotted and are more glasslike. The females have more noticeable spots. Why are the female bigger? Probably because they need to carry the eggs.

Have a look here for a more detailed narration of the wonderful trip to Cyrene!
wildfilms.blogspot.com/2008/07/another-cyrene-walk.html

More links...on Anemone Shrimps :
divegallery.com/anemone_shrimp_P_brevicarpalis.htm
uforest.blogspot.com/2008/03/anemone-shrimp.html
budak.blogs.com/the_annotated_budak/2007/07/anemone-shrimp.html

Fancy a scientific article on the life and times of an anemone shrimp? Costs and benefits of the symbiosis between the anemoneshrimp Periclimenes brevicarpalis and its host Entacmaea quadricolor int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v129/p77-84/ - co-authored by Dr Daphne Fautin who recently visited Singapore to research Singapore's anemones
(see wildsingapore.com/news/20070708/070804-2.htm and wildfilms.blogspot.com/2007/07/show-me-mone.html)
Dr Fautin's website : hercules.kgs.ku.edu/Hexacoral/Anemone2/