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Laviactis lucida Knobby Sea Anemone

Laviactis lucida is commonly referred to as Knobby Sea Anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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Knobby Anemone, Bartholomea lucida, Coco View 2022


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lexID:
6297 
AphiaID:
888639 
Scientific:
Laviactis lucida 
German:
Knorrige Anemone 
English:
Knobby Sea Anemone 
Category:
See Anemones 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Aiptasiidae (Family) > Laviactis (Genus) > lucida (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, ), 1860 
Occurrence:
Barbados, Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 
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 - 10 Meter 
Size:
up to 11.81" (30 cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Krill, Mysis, Schrimps, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
109.99 gal (~ 500L)  
Difficulty:
Only for advanced aquarists 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Has a poison harmful to health 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-03-27 11:49:01 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

Toxicity

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

Info

Laviactis lucida (Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1860)

The column or stalk is rather broad, but short. The numerous thin tentacles are long and often drooping. Tentacles and body in shades of gray, brown or green. The tentacles are translucent and bear numerous nematocyst-bearing knobs.

Inhabit reefs and areas of sand and coral rubble. It grows often under rocks or other hard objects, down to 30 m. Common Florida, Bahamas and Caribbean.

Text source: Marine Species Identification Portal

Synonyms:
Aiptasia lucida (Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1860)
Bartholomea lucida (Pax, 1910)
Bartholomea pseudoheteractis (Watzl, 1922)
Capnea lucida (Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti), 1860
Heteractis lucida (Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1860)
Ragactis lucida (Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1860)

External links

  1. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria, Corallimorpharia, Ceriantharia, Zoanthidea) from marine shallow-water environments in Venezuela: new records and an updated inventory (en). Abgerufen am 27.03.2023.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Commonly

Copyright Wolfram Sander, reefcolors.com
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Copyright Wolfram Sander, reefcolors.com
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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland, Bild aus der Karibik
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Knobby Sea Anemone (Ragactis lucida), Panama 2017
Knobby Anemone (Bartholomea lucida), Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama 2015
Knobby Anemone, Laviactis lucida, La Machaca to Reef Scientifico 2022
Knobby Anemone, Bartholomea lucida, Coco View 2022

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