Actinodendron alcyonoideum Hell’s Fire Anemone, Globular Hellfire Anemone

Actinodendron alcyonoideum is commonly referred to as Hell’s Fire Anemone, Globular Hellfire Anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

17717 

AphiaID:

592924 

Scientific:

Actinodendron alcyonoideum 

German:

Höllenfeuer Anemone 

English:

Hell’s Fire Anemone, Globular Hellfire Anemone 

Category:

Anemonen 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Actinodendridae (Family) > Actinodendron (Genus) > alcyonoideum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1833 

Occurrence:

Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, Lembeh Strait, Micronesia, Queensland (Australia), South-Pazific, Sulawesi, Tonga, Vietnam, Western Australia, Western Pacific Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Supratidal (Supralitoral), spray water area (splash water area) above the tidal influence where the influence of the sea clearly outweighs that of the land. 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Lagoons, Rubble floors, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Actinodendron alcyonoideum
  Höllenfeuer Anemone
• 
  Actinodendron arboreum
  Bäumchen-Anemone, Höllenfeuer Anemone
• 
  Actinodendron glomeratum
  Verzweigte Anemone
• Actinodendron hansingorum
• 
  Actinodendron plumosum
  Gefiederte Anemone, Höllenfeuer

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-09-10 14:35:18 

Last edit:

2025-09-10 20:00:52 

Toxicity

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