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Anemonia natalensis Natal anemone

Anemonia natalensis is commonly referred to as Natal anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
15206 
AphiaID:
283332 
Scientific:
Anemonia natalensis 
German:
Natal Anemone 
English:
Natal Anemone 
Category:
Ukwiały 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Actiniidae (Family) > Anemonia (Genus) > natalensis (Species) 
Initial determination:
Carlgren, 1938 
Occurrence:
East Africa, Mozambique, South-Africa, Western Indian Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Supralitoral 
Sea depth:
0 - 2 Meter 
Habitats:
Tide pools / rock pools 
Size:
up to 0.79" (2 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 75.2 °F (°C - 24°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Predatory 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-09-27 15:09:02 

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Anemonia natalensis is a small and very interesting mobile sea anemone that attacks and eats octocorals.
It has a distinctive and seemingly constant color - red or orange with white stripes - and is easily recognized in the wild.
The upper surface is plum-colored with pale lines that transition to the 70 - 100 cream to brown tentacles.

The anemone reproduces by cloning.

Synonym: Korsaranthus natalensis (Carlgren, 1938)

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