Magnificent anemone
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Magnificent anemone ( Heteractis magnifica ) |
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| ( Quoy & Gaimard , 1833) |
The magnificent anemone ( Heteractis magnifica , Syn . : Radianthus ritteri ) is a sea anemone from the tropical coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific and the Red Sea . Mostly they sit in exposed places, like the uppermost regions of large coral blocks.
Magnificent anemones have a round, deep brown, purple, red, white, green or blue body. The mouth disc and the thick finger-shaped tentacles are usually light brownish. It can reach a diameter of 30 to 50 centimeters, in rare cases up to a meter. Magnificent anemones live in symbiosis with zooxanthellae , from which they get some of the nutrients they need. They nettle so badly that they can cause redness on human skin.
It is a symbiotic anemone and an important symbiotic partner of the anemonefish . They accept a total of ten species of the Amphiprion genus as partners.
In the marine aquarium splendor anemones are difficult to maintain. They often sit near the surface, often on the windshield.
literature
- Dapne G. Fautin, Gerald R. Allen : Anemonefish and their hosts , Tetra-Verlag (1994), ISBN 3-89356-171-4
