Dr. Dirk Schories, Deutschland
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Cribrinopsis crassa (Andrès, 1881)
This species, endemic to the Mediterranean, was described by Andres in 1884 as Bunodes crassus and assigned to Cribrinopsis crassa by Schmidt in 1972.
Occurrences of Cribrinopsis crassa have been documented mainly in the western Mediterranean and the Adriatic Sea, and more recently also in the Aegean Sea. In the meantime, further distribution areas have been added.
The anemone has up to 96 tentacles (60-90). It prefers to live on hard substrates with holes and crevices, but can also be found on rocks in Neptune grass beds (Posidonia oceanica).
The species known in aquatics as “Cribrinopsis crassa” has similar but not identical tentacles and a distinctly different colored foot. Cribrinopsis crassa has a light yellowish foot with red dots! The anemone, mistakenly known in aquarium circles as Cribrinopsis crassa, could unfortunately not be precisely identified and is currently listed under Entacmaea sp.
Synonymised names:
Anthopleura crassa (Andrès, 1880) (Synonym)
Aulactinia crassa Andres
Bunodes crassus (Andres, 1881)
This species, endemic to the Mediterranean, was described by Andres in 1884 as Bunodes crassus and assigned to Cribrinopsis crassa by Schmidt in 1972.
Occurrences of Cribrinopsis crassa have been documented mainly in the western Mediterranean and the Adriatic Sea, and more recently also in the Aegean Sea. In the meantime, further distribution areas have been added.
The anemone has up to 96 tentacles (60-90). It prefers to live on hard substrates with holes and crevices, but can also be found on rocks in Neptune grass beds (Posidonia oceanica).
The species known in aquatics as “Cribrinopsis crassa” has similar but not identical tentacles and a distinctly different colored foot. Cribrinopsis crassa has a light yellowish foot with red dots! The anemone, mistakenly known in aquarium circles as Cribrinopsis crassa, could unfortunately not be precisely identified and is currently listed under Entacmaea sp.
Synonymised names:
Anthopleura crassa (Andrès, 1880) (Synonym)
Aulactinia crassa Andres
Bunodes crassus (Andres, 1881)
