Megalactis griffithsi Griffiths' Fire Anemone

Megalactis griffithsi is commonly referred to as Griffiths' Fire Anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

10124 

AphiaID:

287779 

Scientific:

Megalactis griffithsi 

German:

Feueranemone 

English:

Griffiths' Fire Anemone 

Category:

See Anemones 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Actinodendridae (Family) > Megalactis (Genus) > griffithsi (Species) 

Initial determination:

Saville-Kent, 1893 

Occurrence:

Australia, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 50 Meter 

Size:

up to 13.78" (35 cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 84.2 °F (20°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Megalactis griffithsi
  Feueranemone

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Megalactis hemprichii
  Hemprichs-Feueranemone

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-11-08 17:51:14 

Last edit:

2016-11-08 17:51:14 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Megalactis griffithsi has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Megalactis griffithsi in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Megalactis griffithsi. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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