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Savalia lucifica Yellow Zoanthid

Savalia lucifica is commonly referred to as Yellow Zoanthid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
8165 
AphiaID:
488983 
Scientific:
Savalia lucifica 
German:
Gelbe Krustenanemone 
English:
Yellow Zoanthid 
Category:
Kolonianemoner 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Zoantharia (Order) > Parazoanthidae (Family) > Savalia (Genus) > lucifica (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Cutress C.E. & Pequegnat W.E., ), 1960 
Occurrence:
Canada Eastern Pacific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), Pacific Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, USA 
Sea depth:
75 - 900 Meter 
Habitats:
Continental Shelf, Continental Slopes, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0" - 1.18" (0,5cm - 3cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 50 °F (°C - 10°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Difficulty:
Cold water animal 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
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Last edit:
2024-08-30 14:23:26 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Savalia lucifica are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Savalia lucifica, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Savalia lucifica, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Savalia lucifica McMurrich, 1904

Savalia lucifica lives Eeifaunal on the golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, at scuba depths. Colonization leads to death of host gorgonian. Tentacles glow when disturbed.

Distribution: Savalia lucifica was found from British Columbia to Southern California.

Synonym: Parazoanthus lucificum (Cutress & Pequenat, 1960)

External links

  1. L'anémone buissonnante Savalia savaglia (fr). Abgerufen am 30.08.2024.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Yellow Zoanthid(Parazoanthus lucificum),Santa Catalina Island, August 14, 2005_Savalia lucifica
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