21.
Purple sea fan - Gorgonia ventalina
- The living tissues form a layer over the entire surface,
often in bright colors. See 4.
22.
Common clownfish - Amphiprion ocellaris
- Living among anemone tentacles, and producing a skin
secretion inhibiting anemone tentacles from stinging, clownfishes can shelter amid the
tentacles safe from harm, taking advantage of the anemone's own formidable defenses.
They can also steal food from the anemone.
23.
Cortez garden eel - Taenioconger digueti
- These eels from the Gulf of California live in colonies
at a depth of 12 to 132 feet; each individual has a burrow well-separated from the
others. Because they feed by extending the upper half of the body up into the water
to catch small animals that drift or swim by, they look like a garden that was planted.
