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Phymanthus muscosus Sea Anemone

Phymanthus muscosusis commonly referred to as Sea 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:
15296 
AphiaID:
283715 
Scientific:
Phymanthus muscosus 
German:
Sandanemone 
English:
Sea Anemone 
Category:
See Anemones 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Phymanthidae (Family) > Phymanthus (Genus) > muscosus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Haddon & Shackleton, 1893 
Occurrence:
Australia, Bali, Cebu ((Philippines), Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Marschall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia) 
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:
- 31 Meter 
Size:
up to 5.91" (15 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Algae, Carnivore 
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:
2022-10-21 13:30:31 

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Phymanthus muscosus Haddon & Shackleton, 1893

Phymanthus muscosus is a relatively small, variably colored anemone that lies flat on the bottom with its stalk and base down in the sand. It is found on a range of lagoon, pinnacle and seaward reefs. Specimens are typically solitary and up to about 15cm in diameter. Oral disc flat, green or buff in color.

Synonymised names:
Phymanthus mucosus · unaccepted

External links

  1. Australian Biological Resources Study (en). Abgerufen am 21.10.2022.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 21.10.2022.

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