Actinodendron arboreum Burrowing Sea Anemone, Hell's Fire Anemone

Actinodendron arboreum is commonly referred to as Burrowing Sea Anemone, Hell's Fire Anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

3618 

AphiaID:

289346 

Scientific:

Actinodendron arboreum 

German:

Bäumchen-Anemone, Höllenfeuer Anemone 

English:

Burrowing Sea Anemone, Hell's Fire Anemone 

Category:

Anemoner 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Actinodendridae (Family) > Actinodendron (Genus) > arboreum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1833 

Occurrence:

Ambon, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Moluccas, New Caledonia, Okinawa, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Vanuatu 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

- 28 Meter 

Habitats:

Sandy sea floors 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Actinodendron alcyonoideum
  Höllenfeuer Anemone
• 
  Actinodendron arboreum
  Bäumchen-Anemone, Höllenfeuer Anemone
• 
  Actinodendron glomeratum
  Verzweigte Anemone
• Actinodendron hansingorum
• 
  Actinodendron plumosum
  Gefiederte Anemone, Höllenfeuer

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-04-10 10:16:41 

Last edit:

2023-09-03 11:34:59 

Toxicity

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

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