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Palythoa heliodiscus Sunray Zoanthid

Palythoa heliodiscus is commonly referred to as Sunray Zoanthid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

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lexID:
4814 
AphiaID:
582046 
Scientific:
Palythoa heliodiscus 
German:
Krustenanemone 
English:
Sunray Zoanthid 
Category:
Zoantharians 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Zoantharia (Order) > Sphenopidae (Family) > Palythoa (Genus) > heliodiscus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Ryland & Lancaster, ), 2003 
Occurrence:
Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Fiji, Hawaii, Japan, New Caledonia, Taiwan 
Sea depth:
20 - 23 Meter 
Size:
up to 0.79" (2 cm) 
Temperature:
73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Dustfood , Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
22 gal (~ 100L)  
Difficulty:
Easy 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Highly toxic 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Palythoa anthoplax
  • Palythoa australiae
  • Palythoa caesia
    Krustenanemone
  • Palythoa capensis
  • Palythoa caribbaeorum
  • Palythoa complanata
  • Palythoa dartevellei
  • Palythoa densa
  • Palythoa durbanensis
  • Palythoa grandis
    Krustenanemone
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-02-04 11:24:09 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Palythoa heliodiscus are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Palythoa heliodiscus, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Palythoa heliodiscus, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

Toxicity


Palythoa heliodiscus is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Palythoa heliodiscus, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

Info

Ryland & Lancaster, 2003

Attention, highly invasive and very toxic!!!

To be treated with extreme caution!!!

Strong and concentrated poison: Palytoxin!!!

Can kill people!!

Not suited for the aquarium!!!

Synonym: Protopalythoa heliodiscus Ryland & Lancaster, 2003

External links

  1. marinelifephotography.com (en). Abgerufen am 04.02.2021.
  2. Revision of methods for separating species of Protopalythoa (Hexacorallia:Zoanthidea) in the tropical West Pacific. Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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