Bellactis caeruleus Blue Bellactis

Bellactis caeruleus is commonly referred to as Blue Bellactis. 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:

11292 

AphiaID:

1376890 

Scientific:

Bellactis caeruleus 

German:

Blaue Bellactis 

English:

Blue Bellactis 

Category:

Anemoner 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Aiptasiidae (Family) > Bellactis (Genus) > caeruleus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Ocaña, den Hartog & Brito, 2015 

Occurrence:

East-Atlantic Ocean, the Cape Verde Archipelago, West Africa 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

0 - 10 Meter 

Habitats:

Rock crevices, Rocky, hard seabeds, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0" - 0.39" (0,4cm - 1,0cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

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:

• Bellactis ilkalyseae

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Bellactis caeruleus
  Blaue Bellactis

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-12-24 13:36:02 

Last edit:

2025-08-25 20:19:29 

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