Phymactis papillosa Blister anemone

Phymactis papillosa is commonly referred to as Blister 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.

Dr. Dirk Schories, Deutschland

Phymactis papillosa, specimens from Chile

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lexID:: 5100
AphiaID:: 290760

Scientific:: Phymactis papillosa
German:: Blister-Anemone, Papillen-Anemone
English:: Blister Anemone

Category:: See Anemones

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Actiniidae (Family) > Phymactis (Genus) > papillosa (Species)
Initial determination:: (Lesson, ), 1830

Occurrence:: Argentina, Chile, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), Peru
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:: 0,5 - 16 Meter
Size:: up to 1.97" (5 cm)
Temperature:: 50 °F - 73.4 °F (10°C - 23°C)
Food:: Zooplankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Phymactis clematis
Meeresanemone
Phymactis papillosa
Blister-Anemone, Papillen-Anemone
Phymactis polydactyla
Phymactis pustulata
Phymactis sanctaehelenae

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-02-13 22:31:13
Last edit:: 2025-09-26 20:29:11

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Phymactis papillosa (Lesson, 1830)

Phymactis papillosa is a rocky shore sea anemone that is commonly found in the Pacific Ocean. The symbiont of the sea anemone Phymactis papillosa is the porcellanid crab Allopetrolisthes spinifrons.

Synonymised names:
Actinia papillosa Lesson, 1830 · unaccepted
Bunodactis papillosa (Verrill, 1869) · unaccepted
Bunodes papillosa Verrill · unaccepted
Bunodes papillosus Less. · unaccepted
Cereus papillosus · unaccepted
Phymactis papillosa var. cyanea · unaccepted
Phymactis papillosa var. fusca · unaccepted
Phymactis papillosa var. rubra · unaccepted
Phymactis papillosa var. rubra-cyanea · unaccepted
Phymactis papillosa var. rubra-fusca · unaccepted
Phymactis papillosa var. rubra-viridis · unaccepted
Phymactis papillosa var. viridis · unaccepted
Phymactis papillosa var. viridis-fusca · unaccepted
Rivetia papillosa (Lesson, 1830) · unaccepted

Direct children (8):
Variety Phymactis papillosa var. cyanea accepted as Phymactis papillosa (Lesson, 1830)
Variety Phymactis papillosa var. fusca accepted as Phymactis papillosa (Lesson, 1830)
Variety Phymactis papillosa var. rubra accepted as Phymactis papillosa (Lesson, 1830)
Variety Phymactis papillosa var. rubra-cyanea accepted as Phymactis papillosa (Lesson, 1830)
Variety Phymactis papillosa var. rubra-fusca accepted as Phymactis papillosa (Lesson, 1830)
Variety Phymactis papillosa var. rubra-viridis accepted as Phymactis papillosa (Lesson, 1830)
Variety Phymactis papillosa var. viridis accepted as Phymactis papillosa (Lesson, 1830)
Variety Phymactis papillosa var. viridis-fusca accepted as Phymactis papillosa (Lesson, 1830)

External links

Actniaria by Karen & Nadya Sanamyan (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Redescription of Phymactis papillosa (Lesson, 1830) and Phymanthea pluvia (Drayton in Dana, 1846) (Cnidaria: Anthozoa), two actiniid sea anemones from the south east Pacific with a discussion of the genera Phymactis, Bunodosoma and Phymanthea (en). Abgerufen am 01.05.2023.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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