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Parazoanthus juan-fernandezii Parazoanthus juan-fernandezii

Parazoanthus juan-fernandezii is commonly referred to as Parazoanthus juan-fernandezii. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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lexID:
15736 
AphiaID:
815620 
Scientific:
Parazoanthus juan-fernandezii 
German:
Juan Fernandez Krustenanemone 
English:
Parazoanthus Juan-fernandezii 
Category:
Zoantharians 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Zoantharia (Order) > Parazoanthidae (Family) > Parazoanthus (Genus) > juan-fernandezii (Species) 
Initial determination:
Carlgren, 1922 
Occurrence:
Chile, Endemic species, Juan-Fernández-Islands, South America (East Pacific) 
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:
30 - 40 Meter 
Size:
0" - 0.39" (0,6cm - 1,0cm) 
Temperature:
14,1 °F - 21,8 °F (14,1°C - 21,8°C) 
Food:
Invertebrates, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-05-12 13:32:29 

Toxicity

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

Info

Parazoanthus juan-fernandezii is a colonial crustose anemone known so far only from the Juan Fernández Archipelago.
The crustose anemone is a symbiont of Pacific shallow-water Demosponge species.

Number of tentacles per polyp is 32 - 46 tentacles, a polyp is max. 1,5cm long and 0,5cm wide.

World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) has deposited on the species page the taxonomic note that Parazoanthus juan-fernandezii may be a synonym of Parazoanthus elongatus.

Literature reference:
Vargas R, Smith-Ramírez C, González C, Fernández M (2014) Reserva de la Biosfera Archipiélago Juan Fernández: endemismo para con-
servar. En: A Moreira-Muñoz & A Borsdorf (eds) Reservas de la Biosfera de Chile: Laboratorios para la Sustentabilidad. Academia de Ciencias
Austriaca, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Instituto de Geografía, Santiago, serie Geolibros 17: 126–143

External links

  1. Applying integrative systematics to long-standing species boundary questions in the Zoanthideaboundary questions in the Zoanthid (en). Abgerufen am 12.05.2023.
  2. Applying integrative systematics to long-standing species boundary questions in the Zoanthideaboundary questions in the Zoanthidea (en). Abgerufen am 12.05.2023.
  3. ARCHIPIÉLAGO DE JUAN FERNÁNDEZ: BIODIVERSIDAD MARINA Y NECESIDADES DE CONSERVACIÓN (en). Abgerufen am 12.05.2023.
  4. Erstbeschreibung Parazoanthus juan-fernandezii Seite 148f (de). Abgerufen am 12.05.2023.
  5. Evidence of genetic isolation between two Mediterranean morphotypes of Parazoanthus axinellae (en). Abgerufen am 12.05.2023.
  6. Reserva de la Biósfera Archipiélago Juan Fernández: endemismo para conservar (es). Abgerufen am 11.05.2023.
  7. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 11.05.2023.

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Foto: Archipielago Juan Fernandez, Chile, Süd-Pazifik

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