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Parazoanthus swiftii Golden zoanthid

Parazoanthus swiftii is commonly referred to as Golden zoanthid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Normaal. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
6294 
AphiaID:
283872 
Scientific:
Parazoanthus swiftii 
German:
Gold-Krustenanemone 
English:
Golden Zoanthid 
Category:
Korstanemonen (Buttons) 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Zoantharia (Order) > Parazoanthidae (Family) > Parazoanthus (Genus) > swiftii (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, ), 1860 
Occurrence:
Barbados, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Brazil, Central Atlantic, Columbia, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Florida, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 
Sea depth:
8 - 40 Meter 
Size:
up to 0.24" (0.6 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 27,6 °F (°C - 27,6°C) 
Food:
Copepods, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
11 gal (~ 50L)  
Difficulty:
Normaal 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-08-01 18:17:06 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

Info

(Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Hexcorallia (Order) > Macrocnemina (Suborder) > Parazoanthidae (Family) > Parazoanthus (Genus) > Parazoanthus swiftii (Species)

External links

  1. Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. Zoantharia (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) of the Dutch Caribbean with historical distribution records from the Atlantic and one new species of Parazoanthus (en). Abgerufen am 01.08.2022.

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