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The relationship between clownfish and anemones is called a mutually assistive symbiotic relationship. This means that both species get some advantage out of the arrangement.

This is important because clownfish live symbiotically with either of two sea anemone species – Heteractis magnifica and Stichodactyla gigantea.

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