Mesozoanthus fossii Fossi's encrusting anemone

Mesozoanthus fossii is commonly referred to as Fossi's encrusting anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5122 

AphiaID:

446129 

Scientific:

Mesozoanthus fossii 

German:

Krusteanemone 

English:

Fossi's Encrusting Anemone 

Category:

Zoantharians 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Zoantharia (Order) > Parazoanthidae (Family) > Mesozoanthus (Genus) > fossii (Species) 

Initial determination:

Sinniger & Haussermann, 2009 

Occurrence:

Chile, Eastern Pacific Ocean, South America 

Sea depth:

15 - 35 Meter 

Temperature:

50 °F - 59 °F (10°C - 15°C) 

Food:

Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Difficulty:

Cold water animal 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Mesozoanthus fossii
  Krusteanemone
• 
  Mesozoanthus sp.
  Krustenanemone

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-02-23 12:39:15 

Last edit:

2013-02-23 12:39:15 

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