Alicia sansibarensis Tuberculate Night Anemone

Alicia sansibarensis is commonly referred to as Tuberculate Night Anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

2221 

AphiaID:

283497 

Scientific:

Alicia sansibarensis 

German:

Sansibar-Beerenanemone, Tuberkel-Nachtanemone 

English:

Tuberculate Night Anemone 

Category:

Anemoner 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Carlgren, 1900 

Occurrence:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Bali, East Africa, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Komodo (Komodo Island), Lembeh Strait, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean, Philippines, Red Sea, South-Africa, South-Pazific, Tansania, Thailand, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean, Zanzibar 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

- 105 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 15.75" (40 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Zooplankton 

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:

2007-05-06 12:22:09 

Last edit:

2025-06-23 09:44:17 

Toxicity

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