Bunodeopsis globulifera Turtle grass anemone

Bunodeopsis globulifera is commonly referred to as Turtle grass anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

6249 

AphiaID:

291295 

Scientific:

Bunodeopsis globulifera 

German:

Schildkröten-Grass Anemone 

English:

Turtle Grass Anemone 

Category:

Anemonen 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Boloceroididae (Family) > Bunodeopsis (Genus) > globulifera (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Duchassaing, ), 1850 

Occurrence:

Bermuda, Canada Eastern Pacific, Columbia, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Montserrat, The Bahamas, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

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:

0 - 20 Meter 

Size:

up to 0.98" (2.5 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Mysis, Zooxanthellae / Light 

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:

• Bunodeopsis australis
• 
  Bunodeopsis globulifera
  Schildkröten-Grass Anemone
• 
  Bunodeopsis medusoides
  Medusa--Anemone
• Bunodeopsis pelagica
• 
  Bunodeopsis strumosa
  Zwerganemone

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Bunodeopsis antilliensis
  Schildkröten-Seegras Seeanemone

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-10-20 13:56:07 

Last edit:

2023-03-30 19:28:48 

Toxicity

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