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Stichodactyla mertensii Mertens anemone

Stichodactyla mertensiiis commonly referred to as Mertens anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 800 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
1434 
AphiaID:
291136 
Scientific:
Stichodactyla mertensii 
German:
Mertens Riesenanemone 
English:
Mertens Anemone 
Category:
See Anemones 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Stichodactylidae (Family) > Stichodactyla (Genus) > mertensii (Species) 
Initial determination:
Brandt, 1835 
Occurrence:
Australia, East Africa, Fiji, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Venezuela 
Sea depth:
1 - 20 Meter 
Size:
39.37" - 59.06" (100cm - 150cm) 
Temperature:
73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Fish (little fishes), Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
175.98 gal (~ 800L)  
Difficulty:
Experts only! Very hard to keep 
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:
2018-10-16 10:43:41 

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Brandt, 1835

These fishes associated with Stichodactyla mertensii:

Amphiprion akallopisos
Amphiprion akindynos
Amphiprion allardi
Amphiprion bicinctus
Amphiprion chrysogaster
Amphiprion chrysopterus
Amphiprion clarkii
Amphiprion ephippium
Amphiprion fuscocaudatus
Amphiprion latifasciatus
Amphiprion leucokranos
Amphiprion ocellaris
Amphiprion polymnus
Amphiprion sandaracinos
Amphiprion tricinctus
Dascyllus trimaculatus

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Actiniaria (Order) > Nynantheae (Suborder) > Thenaria (Infraorder) > Endomyaria (Superfamily) > Stichodactylidae (Family) > Stichodactyla (Genus) > Stichodactyla mertensii (Species)

Scientific paper

  1. Antimicrobial properties of sea anemone Stichodactyla mertensii and Stichodactyla gigantea from Mandapam coast of India, S Thangaraj; S Bragadeeswaran; K Suganthi; N Sri Kumaran, 2011
  2. ClownfishesAmphiprion clarkiiandA. sandaracinos(Pomacentridae) coexist in the sea anemoneStichodactyla mertensii, Arthur R. Bos, 2011
  3. Amino acid sequence studies on cytolytic toxins from sea anemone Heteractis magnifica, Entacmaea quadricolor and Stichodactyla mertensii (Anthozoa), Y. Samejima; M. Yanagisawa; Y. Aoki-Tomomatsu; E. Iwasaki; J. Ando; D. Mebs, 2000

External links

  1. Analgesic and neuromodulatory effects of sea anemone Stichodactyla mertensii (Brandt, 1835) methanolic extract from southeast coast of India (en). Abgerufen am 28.05.2022.
  2. Marubis Haltungsempfehlungen (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Novel in situ observations of asexual reproduction in the carpet sea anemone, Stichodactyla mertensii (Stichodactylidae, Actiniaria) (en). Abgerufen am 28.05.2022.

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Mertens Carpet Sea Anemone (Stichodactyla mertensii), Tanjung Kubur, Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, INDONESIA 2009
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