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Zoanthus praelongus Zoanthus praelongus

Zoanthus praelongus is commonly referred to as Zoanthus praelongus. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.


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lexID:
10251 
AphiaID:
288839 
Scientific:
Zoanthus praelongus 
German:
Krustenanemone 
English:
Zoanthus Praelongus 
Category:
Knappolypper 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Zoantharia (Order) > Zoanthidae (Family) > Zoanthus (Genus) > praelongus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Carlgren, 1954 
Occurrence:
Australia 
Sea depth:
1 - 4 Meter 
Size:
up to 0.39" (1 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Zooxanthellae / Light 
Difficulty:
Easy 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Has a poison harmful to health 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
 
More related species
in this lexicon
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2017-06-19 21:19:56 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Zoanthus praelongus 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 Zoanthus praelongus in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Zoanthus praelongus. 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

Info

Carlgren, 1954

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Hexcorallia (Order) > Brachycnemina (Suborder) > Zoanthidae (Family) > Zoanthus (Genus) > Zoanthus praelongus (Species)

External links

  1. Homepage Dr. Tsun-Thai Chai (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Howies Scuba (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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