Palythoa grandiflora Palythoa grandiflora

Palythoa grandiflora is commonly referred to as Palythoa grandiflora. Difficulty in the aquarium: Veldig lett. Toxicity: Toxic.

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Scientific:: Palythoa grandiflora
German:: Krustenanemone
English:: Palythoa Grandiflora

Category:: Polypper

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Zoantharia (Order) > Sphenopidae (Family) > Palythoa (Genus) > grandiflora (Species)
Initial determination:: (Verrill, ), 1900

Occurrence:: Brazil, Columbia, the Caribbean
Size:: 0.59" - 1.18" (1.5cm - 3cm)
Temperature:: °F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Difficulty:: Veldig lett
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Palythoa anthoplax
Palythoa australiae
Palythoa caesia
Krustenanemone
Palythoa capensis
Palythoa caribbaeorum
Palythoa complanata
Palythoa dartevellei
Palythoa densa
Palythoa durbanensis
Palythoa grandis
Krustenanemone
Palythoa guangdongensis
Palythoa guinensis
Palythoa haddoni
Palythoa heideri
Palythoa howesii
Palythoa incerta
Palythoa liscia
Palythoa mammillosa
Palythoa monodi
Palythoa multisulcata
Palythoa mutuki
Krustenanemone
Palythoa natalensis
Palythoa nelliae
Krustenanemone
Palythoa nigricans
Palythoa oorti
Palythoa senegalensis
Palythoa senegambiensis
Palythoa shackletoni
Palythoa sinensis
Palythoa singaporensis
Palythoa stephensoni
Palythoa texaensis
Palythoa titanophila
Palythoa tropica
Palythoa tuberculoa
Palythoa variabilis
Krustenanemone
Palythoa wilsmoorei
Palythoa xishaensis
Palythoa yongei
Palythoa zanzibarica

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-04-30 16:24:53
Last edit:: 2016-04-30 16:24:53

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Palythoa grandiflora are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Palythoa grandiflora, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Palythoa grandiflora, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

Toxicity

Palythoa grandiflora is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Palythoa grandiflora, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

Info

(Verrill, 1900)

Very special thanks for the first photo of Palythoa grandiflora to Juan Ignacio from Columbia, South America.

Palythoa grandiflora is highly poisonous, do not touch the coral without carrying rubber gloves!
In case of contac with the poison Palyothin, you should expressly consult a doctor!

Similar species: Palythoa grandis

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Hexcorallia (Order) > Brachycnemina (Suborder) > Sphenopidae (Family) > Palythoa (Genus) > Palythoa grandiflora (Species)

External links

Gifte.de (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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