Alicia pretiosa Precious Sea Anemone

Alicia pretiosa is commonly referred to as Precious Sea Anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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lexID:

6236 

AphiaID:

283495 

Scientific:

Alicia pretiosa 

German:

Beerenanemone 

English:

Precious Sea Anemone 

Category:

Ukwiały 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Aliciidae (Family) > Alicia (Genus) > pretiosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Dana, ), 1846 

Occurrence:

East Africa, Eastern Indian Ocean, Egypt, Fiji, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Indonesia, Israel, Kenya, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Philippines, Red Sea, Singapore, South-Pazific, Tansania, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

1,5 - 21 Meter 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 77 °F (20°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Plankton 

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:

• Alicia beebei
• 
  Alicia mirabilis
  Beerenanemone, Wunderanemone
• 
  Alicia pretiosa
  Beerenanemone
• Alicia rhadina
• 
  Alicia sansibarensis
  Sansibar-Beerenanemone, Tuberkel-Nachtanemone
• Alicia uruguayensis

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-10-18 20:09:49 

Last edit:

2022-12-05 17:04:13 

Uwaga!

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

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