Sphenopus exilis Zoanthus

Sphenopus exilis is commonly referred to as Zoanthus. 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.

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lexID:

10222 

AphiaID:

882185 

Scientific:

Sphenopus exilis 

German:

Krustenanemone 

English:

Zoanthus 

Category:

Polypper 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Zoantharia (Order) > Sphenopidae (Family) > Sphenopus (Genus) > exilis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Fujii & Reimer, 2016 

Occurrence:

Japan, Okinawa 

Sea depth:

10 - 20 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 0.79" (1,3cm - 2,4cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 23,9 °F (°C - 23,9°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Invertebrates, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Sphenopus marsupialis
  Krustenanemone

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Sphenopus exilis
  Krustenanemone
• 
  Sphenopus pedunculatus
  Krustenanemone

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-11-30 20:48:12 

Last edit:

2016-12-03 16:04:45 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Sphenopus exilis 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 Sphenopus exilis in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Sphenopus exilis. 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:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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