Alicia mirabilis Berried anemone, Wonder Anemone,

Alicia mirabilis is commonly referred to as Berried anemone, Wonder Anemone,. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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lexID:

5780 

AphiaID:

100862 

Scientific:

Alicia mirabilis 

German:

Beerenanemone, Wunderanemone 

English:

Berried Anemone, Wonder Anemone, 

Category:

Anemoner 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Johnson, 1861 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, Belize, Brazil, Canada Western Atlantic, Costa Rica, Egypt, European Coasts, Florida, Greece, Italy, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Red Sea, Spain, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey 

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:

2 - 40 Meter 

Size:

up to 19.69" (50 cm) 

Temperature:

56.12 °F - 80.96 °F (13.4°C - 27.2°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Schrimps, 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:

2013-07-21 13:11:21 

Last edit:

2025-07-10 20:38:30 

Toxicity

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