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Telmatactis forskalii Forskal's Anemone

Telmatactis forskalii is commonly referred to as Forskal's Anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Telmatactis forskalii,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2025


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lexID:
6227 
AphiaID:
100972 
Scientific:
Telmatactis forskalii 
German:
Forskals Keulenanemone 
English:
Forskal's Anemone 
Category:
See Anemones 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Andvakiidae (Family) > Telmatactis (Genus) > forskalii (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, ), 1834 
Occurrence:
Azores, Egypt, European Coasts, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Spain, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 
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:
1 - 40 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
3.94" - 7.87" (10cm - 20cm) 
Temperature:
16,5 °F - 21,4 °F (16,5°C - 21,4°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Zooplankton 
Tank:
11 gal (~ 50L)  
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) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-05-16 18:58:04 

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Telmatactis forskalii (Hemprich and Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)

The epibenthic club anemone gets its name from the button-like or club-like thickened ends of its up to 90 tentacles.This solitary anemone is found in the infralittoral and subtidal zones and especially in coral reefs and on rocky bottoms.Telmatactis species are often very variable in color.

The sea anemone lives at depths of up to approx. 40 meters and can reach a diameter of almost 20 cm, although animals from the Mediterranean generally remain somewhat smaller.

Synonymised names
Actinia (Entacmaea) chamaeleon Grube, 1840 · unaccepted
Actinia (Entacmaea) forskalii Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted
Actinia (Entacmaea) forskålii Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted (original binomen)
Actinia chamaeleon Grube, 1840 · unaccepted
Actinia chamæleon Grube, 1840 · unaccepted
Aiptasia chamaeleon · unaccepted
Phellia armata Andres, 1881 · unaccepted
Phellia cylinder Andres, 1881 · unaccepted
Phellia elongata (Delle Chiaje, 1841) · unaccepted
Phellia limicola Andres, 1881 · unaccepted
Telmatactis elongata (Delle Chiaje, 1825) · unaccepted
Telmatactis forskali (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted
Telmatactis forskallii · unaccepted
Telmatactis limicola (Andres, 1880) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Telmatactis limicola var. homochromica · unaccepted
Telmatactis limicola var. maculata · unaccepted

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 01.12.2024.

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Telmatactis forskali (c) by Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz
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Foto: Saména, Marseille, Frankreich, Mittelmeer
Telmatactis forskalii,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2025
Telmatactis forskalii,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2025
Telmatactis forskalii,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2024

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