Actinostella flosculifera Collared Sand Anemone

Actinostella flosculifera is commonly referred to as Collared Sand Anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Pauline Walsh Jacobson, USA

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Scientific:: Actinostella flosculifera
German:: Halsband-Sandanemone
English:: Collared Sand Anemone

Category:: See Anemones

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Actiniidae (Family) > Actinostella (Genus) > flosculifera (Species)
Initial determination:: (Le Sueur, ), 1817

Occurrence:: Belize, Central Atlantic, Cuba, East-Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, West-Atlantic Ocean
Size:: 3.15" - 3.94" (8cm - 10cm)
Temperature:: 73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2010-05-08 09:04:25
Last edit:: 2010-05-08 09:04:25

Info

Actinostella flosculifera (Le Sueur, 1817)

Actinostella flosculifera is widely distributed in shallow water in the tropical and sub-tropical Atlantic Ocean.

The only part of this sea anemone that is normally visible is the oral disc, which lies flat on the seabed, the tall cylindrical column being immersed in sediment.

Symbiotic zooxanthellae are present in the tissues, feed also on planctonic food.

Synonymised names:
Actinactis flosculifera
Actinia (Oulactis) flosculifera Le Sueur, 1817
Asteractis expansa Duerden in McMurrich, 1898
Asteractis flosculifera (Le Sueur, 1817)
Cradactis fasciculata (McMurrich, 1889)
Evactis flosculifera Le Sueur
Oulactis fasciculata McMurrich, 1889
Oulactis flosculifera (Le Sueur, 1817)
Oulactis foliosa Andres, 1883
Phyllactis flosculifera (Le Sueur, 1817)

Synonyms:
Actinactis flosculifera
Actinia (Oulactis) flosculifera
Asteractis expansa
Asteractis flosculifera
Cradactis fasciculata
Evactis flosculifera
Oulactis fasciculata
Oulactis flosculifera
Oulactis foliosa
Phyllactis flosculifera

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Actiniaria (Order) > Nynantheae (Suborder) > Thenaria (Infraorder) > Endomyaria (Superfamily) > Actiniidae (Family) > Actinostella (Genus)

External links

Actniaria by Karen & Nadya Sanamyan (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Medslugs - Dr. Peter Wirtz (multi) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 04.02.2022.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Actinostella flosculifera,Brasilien, copy right peterwirtz2004@yahoo.com,

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bhb 21 P9165783 Anemone, Actinostella flosculifera,Blue Heron Bridge,Florida,USA 2021

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