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Vitrumanthus oligomyarius Glass-sponge-associated zoanthid

Vitrumanthus oligomyarius is commonly referred to as Glass-sponge-associated zoanthid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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lexID:
16377 
AphiaID:
1591955 
Scientific:
Vitrumanthus oligomyarius 
German:
Glasschwamm-assoziierte Krustenanemone 
English:
Glass-sponge-associated Zoanthid 
Category:
Zoantharians 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Zoantharia (Order) > Parazoanthidae (Family) > Vitrumanthus (Genus) > oligomyarius (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Wassilieff, :), 1908 
Occurrence:
Japan 
Marine Zone:
Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones. 
Sea depth:
- 390 Meter 
Size:
0,24 cm 
Food:
azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Carnivore, Copepods, Invertebrates, Marine snow, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Has a poison harmful to health 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
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in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
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Last edit:
2024-04-09 21:36:39 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Vitrumanthus oligomyarius 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 Vitrumanthus oligomyarius in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Vitrumanthus oligomyarius. 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

Info

The crustose anemone Vitrumanthus oligomyarius was found in Suruga Bay, Shizuoka and off Katsuura, Chiba, Pacific coast of Japan, at depths of 390 meters on its host, the glass sponge Tretochone duplicata (Topsent, 1928).

Vitrumanthus oligomyarius had about 300 cylindrical polyps, which are located all over the three-dimensionally structured hexactinellid sponge body.
The ectoderm of the polyps is partially encrusted with small sand and silica particles (approx. < 0.1 mm).
Vitrumanthus oligomyarius can be easily distinguished from other Vitrumanthus species by the number of tentacles and its unique mesenteric arrangement.

The Japanese name of the crustose anemone is 'Subesube-ruri-sunaginchaku'.

Literature reference:
Hiroki, Montenegro, Javier, Santos, Maria E. A., Hoeksema, Bert W., Ekins, Merrick, Ise, Yuji, Higashiji, Takuo, Fernandez-Silva, Iria & Reimer, James D., 2022,
Evolution and phylogeny of glass-sponge-associated zoantharians, with a description of two new genera and three new species, pp. 323-347
in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194 on pages 327-330, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab068, http://zenodo.org/record/5799592

External links

  1. A new hexactinellid-sponge-associated zoantharian (Porifera, Hexasterophora) from the northwestern Pacific Ocean (en). Abgerufen am 25.03.2024.
  2. Evolution and phylogeny of glass-sponge-associated zoantharians, with a description of two new genera and three new species (en). Abgerufen am 25.03.2024.
  3. Plazi (en). Abgerufen am 25.03.2024.

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