Phlyctenactis tuberculosa Wandering Sea Anemone

Phlyctenactis tuberculosa is commonly referred to as Wandering Sea Anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

8754 

AphiaID:

290740 

Scientific:

Phlyctenactis tuberculosa 

German:

Wandernde Anemone 

English:

Wandering Sea Anemone 

Category:

See Anemones 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Actiniidae (Family) > Phlyctenactis (Genus) > tuberculosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1833 

Occurrence:

Australia, Chile, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand, South Australia, Tasmania (Australia), the Kermadec Islands 

Sea depth:

1 - 35 Meter 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 60.8 °F (°C - 16°C) 

Food:

Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Predatory, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Phlyctenactis morrisoni
• 
  Phlyctenactis tuberculosa
  Wandernde Anemone

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Phlyctenactis sp.01
  Wandernde Anemone

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-09-17 20:33:38 

Last edit:

2021-09-04 15:10:46 

Toxicity

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