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Anthopleura elegantissima Aggregating anemone, clonal anemone

Anthopleura elegantissima is commonly referred to as Aggregating anemone, clonal 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.

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lexID:
5628 
AphiaID:
283347 
Scientific:
Anthopleura elegantissima 
German:
Seeanemone, "Klon-Anemone" 
English:
Aggregating Anemone, Clonal Anemone 
Category:
See Anemones 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Actiniidae (Family) > Anthopleura (Genus) > elegantissima (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Brandt, ), 1835 
Occurrence:
Alaska (Western Atlantic), Canada Eastern Pacific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), North Pacific (Ocean), 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 - 10 Meter 
Size:
1.77" - 2.36" (4.5cm - 6cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C) 
Food:
Detritus, Invertebrates, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-06-25 17:32:00 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Anthopleura elegantissima are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Anthopleura elegantissima, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Anthopleura elegantissima, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Anthopleura elegantissima (Brandt, 1835)

Sunpowered by zooxanthelles and zoochlorelles.

Host of Doridicola confinis (Humes, 1982) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Metaxymolgus confinis Humes, 1982 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)

Predators: the seaslug Aeolidia papillosa, the seastar Dermasterias imbricata and the scorpionfish Clinocottus globiceps.

Synonymised names:
Actinia (Taractostephanus) elegantissima Brandt, 1835 · unaccepted
Actinia elegantissima Brandt, 1835 · unaccepted (original binomen)
Anthopleura elegantisima · unaccepted
Anthpleura elegantissima · unaccepted
Bunodactis elegantissima (Brandt, 1835) · unaccepted
Cribrina elegantissima (Brandt, 1835) · unaccepted

External links

  1. Homepage Keoki Stender, Marine Life Photographie (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Race Rocks Ecological Reserve (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Copyright Wolfram Sander, Anacapa, California
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Foto: Ventura, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten
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Copyright Wolfram Sander
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copyright George Keoki Stender, Hawaii
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Anthopleura elegantissima group out of water (Asilomar) 2021
Foto: North Point. Morro Strand State Beach, Morro Bay, Kalifornien
Anthopleura elegantissima, 2022

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