Mesacmaea mitchellii Sea anemone

Mesacmaea mitchellii is commonly referred to as Sea anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6090 

AphiaID:

416481 

Scientific:

Mesacmaea mitchellii 

German:

Seeanemone 

English:

Sea Anemone 

Category:

Anemoner 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Haloclavidae (Family) > Mesacmaea (Genus) > mitchellii (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gosse, ), 1853 

Occurrence:

Straße von Gibraltar, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Spain, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea 

Size:

1.97" - 3.15" (5cm - 8cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Predatory, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Mesacmaea chloropsis
• Mesacmaea laevis
• Mesacmaea mitchelli
• Mesacmaea stellata

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Mesacmaea mitchellii
  Seeanemone

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-09-23 18:32:31 

Last edit:

2013-09-23 18:32:31 

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