Pseudactinia infecunda Red false plum anemone

Pseudactinia infecunda is commonly referred to as Red false plum anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: Non adatto agli acquari!.

Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika

Pseudactinia flagellifera(Red false plum anemone),Port Elizabeth 2009, Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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lexID:: 9330
AphiaID:: 411025

Scientific:: Pseudactinia infecunda
German:: Seeanemone
English:: Red False Plum Anemone

Category:: Anemoni

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Actiniidae (Family) > Pseudactinia (Genus) > infecunda (Species)
Initial determination:: (McMurrich, ), 1893

Occurrence:: Indian Ocean, Mozambique, South-Africa
Size:: 1.97" - 7.87" (5cm - 20cm)
Temperature:: °F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C)
Food:: Crustaceans, Snails
Difficulty:: Non adatto agli acquari!

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Pseudactinia flagellifera
Pseudactinia melanaster
Pseudactinia varia
Seeanemone

More related species in this lexicon:

Pseudactinia infecunda
Seeanemone

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-02-17 20:42:00
Last edit:: 2016-02-17 20:42:00

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Pseudactinia infecunda (McMurrich, 1893)

Pseudactinia infecunda may be orange, yellow or red in colour. It preys mostly on molluscs, inhabits shallow waters, rocky pools to 35m in depth.Reproduction can be sexual or by simple division of the body

This sea anemone has a serious sting which can affect humans.

Synonyms:
Actinia anachoreta
Actinia infecunda
Actinia psapharoderma
Actinia suspecta
Anemonia infecunda
Anemonia thelcteria
Pseudactinia flagellaria
Pseudactinia flagellifera (Hertwig, 1882)

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Actiniaria (Order) > Nynantheae (Suborder) > Thenaria (Infraorder) > Endomyaria (Superfamily) > Actiniidae (Family) > Pseudactinia (Genus) > Pseudactinia infecunda (Species)

External links

Eastern Cape Scuba Diving (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Pseudactinia flagellifera(Red false plum anemone),Port Elizabeth 2009, Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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