Macrodactyla aspera Rough Anemone

Macrodactyla aspera is commonly referred to as Rough Anemone. 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:

11284 

AphiaID:

1673081 

Scientific:

Macrodactyla aspera 

German:

Raue Seeanemone 

English:

Rough Anemone 

Category:

Anemoner 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Actiniidae (Family) > Macrodactyla (Genus) > aspera (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Haddon & Shackleton, ), 1893 

Occurrence:

Australia, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Lembeh Strait, Philippines, Red Sea, Singapore 

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:

0 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Sandy sea floors, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

6.69" - 7.87" (17cm - 20cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 27,7 °F (°C - 27,7°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Carnivore, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Fish larvae, Isopods, Mysis, Ostracodes (seed shrimps), Zooxanthellae / Light 

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:

• 
  Macrodactyla aspera
  Raue Seeanemone

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Macrodactyla fautinae
  Tiger-Anemone

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-12-21 21:25:29 

Last edit:

2025-07-12 19:29:17 

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