Bubble-tip anemone
Amazing fact
The bubble-tip anemone can reproduce by splitting its body to the left and right.
葛西臨海水族園
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The bubble-tip anemone can reproduce by splitting its body to the left and right.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Bubble-tip anemone
- Scientific name
- Entacmaea quadricolor
- Japanese name
- サンゴイソギンチャク
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Actiniaria
- Family
- Actiniidae
- Genus
- Entacmaea
It is also listed under the scientific name Entacmaea actinostoloides.
A sea anemone of rocky places in warm seas; many gather together to form patches that look like flower fields.
It lives in sunny, shallow water so that it can receive the food that algae inside its body make by photosynthesis.
Besides the food from its algae, it also takes in tiny plankton and other small bits.
How the Bubble-tip anemone lives
It catches small creatures with its tentacles and eats them. It can also reproduce by making eggs and sperm. Clownfish that live with it sometimes bring it food.
葛西臨海水族園Where the Bubble-tip anemone has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- サンゴイソギンチャク
- 简体中文
- 奶嘴海葵
- 繁體中文
- 奶嘴海葵
- 한국어
- 큰산호말미잘
- Français
- Anémone à bouts renflés
- Deutsch
- Blasenanemone
- Português (Brasil)
- Anêmona-bolha
- Italiano
- Anemone a bulbi
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Anemon ujung gelembung
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 葛西臨海水族園 — サンゴイソギンチャクChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
Report a mistakeWhen you meet the Bubble-tip anemone, look for this
- Look at its green to brown tentacles; their color comes from the algae inside its body.
Animals do different things from day to day, so you may not always see this.
葛西臨海水族園EXHIBIT INFORMATION
Places that keep or show the Bubble-tip anemone
Zoos, aquariums and other places whose official websites say they keep or show this animal.
Kanto
Displays can change with the animals’ health and the seasons. Check each facility’s official website before you go.
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