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Pseudactinia infecunda Red false plum anemone

Pseudactinia infecunda is commonly referred to as Red false plum anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Pseudactinia flagellifera(Red false plum anemone),Port Elizabeth 2009, Copyright Johan Swanepoel


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lexID:
9330 
AphiaID:
411025 
Scientific:
Pseudactinia infecunda 
German:
Seeanemone 
English:
Red False Plum Anemone 
Category:
Anemoner 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Actiniidae (Family) > Pseudactinia (Genus) > infecunda (Species) 
Initial determination:
(McMurrich, ), 1893 
Occurrence:
Indian Ocean, Mozambique, Namibia, South-Africa 
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:
1 - 20 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water, Tide pools / rock pools 
Size:
1.97" - 7.87" (5cm - 20cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Clams, Crustaceans, Predatory, Snails 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
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:
2026-03-09 14:09:18 

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Pseudactinia infecunda (McMurrich, 1893)

Pseudactinia infecunda may be orange, yellow or red in colour. It preys mostly on molluscs, inhabits shallow waters, rocky pools to 35m in depth.Reproduction can be sexual or by simple division of the body

This sea anemone has a serious sting which can affect humans.

Synonymised names
Actinia anachoreta Pax, 1922 · unaccepted
Actinia infecunda McMurrich, 1893 · unaccepted
Actinia psapharoderma Pax, 1922 · unaccepted
Actinia suspecta Pax, 1922 · unaccepted
Anemonia infecunda McMurrich, 1893 · unaccepted
Anemonia thelcteria Pax, 1907 · unaccepted
Pseudactinia flagellaria · unaccepted
Pseudactinia flagellifera (Hertwig, 1882) · unaccepted

External links

  1. Eastern Cape Scuba Diving (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Pseudactinia flagellifera(Red false plum anemone),Port Elizabeth 2009, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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Pseudactinia flagellifera(Red false plum anemone),Port Elizabeth 2009, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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