Anthopleura nigrescens Dusty Anemone

Anthopleura nigrescens is commonly referred to as Dusty Anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 5406
AphiaID:: 283368

Scientific:: Anthopleura nigrescens
German:: Dunkle Seeanemone
English:: Dusty Anemone

Category:: See Anemones

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Actiniidae (Family) > Anthopleura (Genus) > nigrescens (Species)
Initial determination:: (Verrill,), 1928

Occurrence:: Hong Kong, El Salvador, Australia, Central Pazific, Corea, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Islands, Hawaii, India, Japan, Marschall Islands, Panama, Singapore, USA
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:: 0,2 - 1 Meter
Size:: up to 0.79" (2 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Clams, Copepods, Crustacean larvae , Crustaceans, Decapods, Echinoderm larvae, Filter feeder, Insects, Invertebrate eggs, Invertebrates, Isopods, Lobster eggs, Oyster eggs, Worms, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 22 gal (~ 100L)
Difficulty:: Not for beginners
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Anthopleura africana
Anthopleura anneae
Anthopleura artemisia
Anemone
Anthopleura asiatica
Anthopleura chinensis
Anthopleura dixoniana
Anthopleura dowii
Mexikanische Anemone, Warzenanemone
Anthopleura foxi
Anthopleura handi
See-Anemone
Anthopleura incerta
Anthopleura insignis
Anthopleura japonica
Aggregationsanemone
Anthopleura kohli
Anthopleura krebsi
See-Anemone
Anthopleura kurogane
Anemone
Anthopleura listeri
Anthopleura michaelseni
Lang-Tentakel Anemone
Anthopleura midori
Anthopleura minima
Anemone
Anthopleura mortenseni
Anthopleura mortoni
Anthopleura nigrescens
Dunkle Seeanemone
Anthopleura sola
Anemone
Anthopleura stellula
Anthopleura thallia
Anemone
Anthopleura varioarmata
Anthopleura xanthogrammica
Grüne Riesenanemone

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-05-06 16:57:00
Last edit:: 2024-03-02 10:19:30

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(Verrill, 1928)

Uncommon on very shallow reefs and wave benches, occasionally held by the Teddy-bear Crab, Polydectus cupulifer.

Rows of sticky pustules attract sand grains when exposed during low tide.
Attains diameter of 3/4 inch.

Hawaiii & India

External links

First record of the sea anemone Anthopleura nigrescens (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Actiniidae) on the Pacific coast of Central America (en). Abgerufen am 22.10.2022.
First records of Anthopleura nigrescens (Verrill, 1928) and Telmatactis panamensis (Verrill, 1869) (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria) from Parque Nacional Coiba, Pacific coast of Panama (en). Abgerufen am 22.10.2022.
Homepage Keoki Stender, Marine Life Photographie (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
New records of sea anemones (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria) from El Salvador, Eastern Pacific (en). Abgerufen am 02.03.2024.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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