Nemo knows: clownfishes differentiate cryptic host species across fine and broad geographic scales and reveal a potential adaptive radiation in the clownfish-hosting sea anemones.
Tommaso Chiodo, Aurélien De Jode, Andrea M. Quattrini, M. Gibson, Catheline Y. M. Froehlich, Danwei HUANG, Takuma Fujii, Kensuke Yanagi, James Davis Reimer, Anna Scott, Estefanía Rodríguez, Benjamin M. Titus
The paper identifies cryptic species in the sea anemone Entacmaea quadricolor and suggests it may be undergoing adaptive radiation in response to clownfish symbiosis.
Systematic Biology · Apr 9, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology