Isozoanthus capensis Cape zoanthid

Isozoanthus capensisis commonly referred to as Cape zoanthid. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

9353 

AphiaID:

564965 

Scientific:

Isozoanthus capensis 

German:

Kap Krustenanemone 

English:

Cape Zoanthid 

Category:

Zoantharians 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Zoantharia (Order) > Parazoanthidae (Family) > Isozoanthus (Genus) > capensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Carlgren, 1938 

Occurrence:

South-Africa 

Sea depth:

9 - 20 Meter 

Size:

0" - 0.39" (0,5cm - 1,2cm) 

Temperature:

55.4 °F - 68 °F (13°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Crustaceans, Daphnia salina, Invertebrates, Plankton, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Isozoanthus arborenscens
• Isozoanthus bulbosus
• Isozoanthus dubius
• Isozoanthus ingolfi
• Isozoanthus islandicus
• Isozoanthus magninsulosus
• Isozoanthus multinsulosus
• 
  Isozoanthus sulcatus
  Krustenanemone

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Isozoanthus capensis
  Kap Krustenanemone
• 
  Isozoanthus primnoidus
  Tiefsee-Krustenanemone

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-02-21 14:27:26 

Last edit:

2019-10-19 17:24:49 

Captive breeding / propagation

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Isozoanthus capensis 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 Isozoanthus capensis in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Isozoanthus capensis. 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:
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Overview Worldwide: eapcct.org

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