Isaurus tuberculatus Duchassaing's Colonial Anemone, Snake Polyps,Warty Sea Mat, Knobbly Zoanthid

Isaurus tuberculatus is commonly referred to as Duchassaing's Colonial Anemone, Snake Polyps,Warty Sea Mat, Knobbly Zoanthid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Dla zaawansowanych. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 1033
AphiaID:: 101058

Scientific:: Isaurus tuberculatus
German:: Schlangenpolyp, Warzige Krustenanemone
English:: Duchassaing's Colonial Anemone, Snake Polyps,Warty Sea Mat, Knobbly Zoanthid

Category:: Zoanthusy

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Zoantharia (Order) > Zoanthidae (Family) > Isaurus (Genus) > tuberculatus (Species)
Initial determination:: Gray, 1828

Occurrence:: Barbados, Guadeloupe, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Circumtropic, Columbia, Cuba, Curacao, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Fernando de Noronha , Fiji, Guam, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Lembeh Strait, Moluccas, Mozambique, New Caledonia, North Atlantic Ocean, Palau, Panama, Réunion , São Tomé e Principé, South Atlantic, South-Africa, Taiwan, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, USA, Vietnam, West Coast USA, Western Australia
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:: 0 - 20 Meter
Habitats:: Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water, Tide pools / rock pools
Size:: up to 3.94" (10 cm)
Temperature:: 24,8 °F - 28,3 °F (24,8°C - 28,3°C)
Food:: azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Plankton, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Dla zaawansowanych
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-09-27 08:30:51
Last edit:: 2025-02-20 18:11:15

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Isaurus tuberculatus Gray, 1828

Isaurus tuberculatus can be found worldwide in warm seas, sometimes in shallow water under rocks or in shaded areas. Large polyps (attains height 10 cm) are leathery.
The colour is variable(brown, iridescent blue or green).

Snake Polyps are very unusual polyps.Its nocturnal,during the day, the polyps are closed, than the polpyps look like fleshy tubes, sometimes with bumps along their surface.

At night, the polyps open up and feeding zooplankton.

Synonymised names
Antinedia tuberculata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted
Isaurus asymmetricus Haddon & Shackleton, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)
Isaurus duchassaingi Andres, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Isaurus duchassaingi microtuberculata Pax, 1924 · unaccepted (synonym)
Isaurus elongatus Verrill, 1928 · unaccepted (synonym)
Isaurus fuscus Stuckey, 1914 · unaccepted (synonym)
Isaurus spongiosa Andres, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)
Isaurus spongiosus Carlgren, 1939 · alternative representation
Palythoa tuberculata · unaccepted
Panceria spongiosa Andres, 1877 · unaccepted
Zoanthus tuberculatus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted

External links

A review of the genus lsaurus Gray, 1828 (Zoanthidea), including new records from Fiji (en). Abgerufen am 19.03.2024.
Actniaria by Karen & Nadya Sanamyan (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Occurrence of Zoanthid genus Isaurus from Saurashtra coast, Gujarat, India (en). Abgerufen am 19.03.2024.

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PN0A5740_Isaurus tuberculatus, Tanzania 2025

PN0A5736_Isaurus tuberculatus, Tanzania 2025

Husbandry know-how of owners

Tokeya
@Tokeya

am 22.12.11#5

Ich hab meine auf einem LG bekommen. Lange habe ich überlegt, den Stein zu entsorgen, bzw. die Tiere, da ich kein Leben ausmachen konnte. Ein so Schlauch war sogar ganz dunkel, beinah schwarz.
Nach ca 3Mt. sah ich das erstemal, dass sie sich strecken, eine Woche später öffneten sie sich des Nachts das erste mal.
von was sie sich in der Zeit ernährt haben, weiss ich nicht- im Becken ist aber viel an Kleinstlebewesen vorhanden, auch wird etwas restfutter vom füttern der Ricordas im Wasser getrieben haben..

Bei mir nehmen sie Lobstereier und Corallenfutter an; nehmen aber auch die Mysis &Artemia Reststückchen, die die Samtanemonenfische nicht erwischt haben.

Jens Kallmeyer
@Jens Kallmeyer

am 29.07.11#4

Ich habe seit ca. 1 Jahr eine solche Kolonie. Die Tiere sind eindeutig azooxanthellat und machen bei mir nur nachts auf. Wenn entsprechend gefüttert wird sind sie gut haltbar, bei mir tauchen an einigen Stellen im Becken jetzt einzelne Polypen auf.

artisu
@artisu

am 15.11.10#3

Isaurus tuberculatus "Snake Polyp"

Snake Polyps (Isaurus tuberculatus) are long brown polyps that attach to a hard surface like rockwork. During the day, they look like brown worms that extend from the base. At night, they extend feather-like feeding apparatus into the water to feed on zooplankton like Daphnia, Cyclopeeze, copepods and similar items. They are also photosynthetic and receive must of their nutrition from the algae in their tissues, but supplements at night will help the colony to grow and expand.

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