Bunodactis verrucosa Gem Anemone

Bunodactis verrucosais commonly referred to as Gem 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.

Profile

lexID:

824 

AphiaID:

100819 

Scientific:

Bunodactis verrucosa 

German:

Edelsteinrose 

English:

Gem Anemone 

Category:

See Anemones 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Actiniidae (Family) > Bunodactis (Genus) > verrucosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Pennant, ), 1777 

Occurrence:

the North Sea, Belgium, Croatia, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Scotland, South-Africa, Spain, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea 

Marine Zone:

Supratidal (Supralitoral), spray water area (splash water area) above the tidal influence where the influence of the sea clearly outweighs that of the land. 

Sea depth:

- 20 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rock crevices, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Seawater, Sea water, Tide pools / rock pools 

Size:

1.57" - 1.97" (4cm - 5cm) 

Temperature:

10,2 °F - 18,1 °F (10,2°C - 18,1°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Zooxanthellae / Light 

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) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Bunodactis octoradiata
  Kaltwasseraktinie
• 
  Bunodactis reynaudi
  Kaltwasseranemone
• 
  Bunodactis verrucosa
  Edelsteinrose

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-18 16:51:34 

Last edit:

2024-04-08 16:05:25 

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