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Zoanthus sansibaricus Zanzibar Zoanthid

Zoanthus sansibaricus is commonly referred to as Zanzibar Zoanthid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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lexID:
8997 
AphiaID:
220521 
Scientific:
Zoanthus sansibaricus 
German:
Sansibar Krustenanemone 
English:
Zanzibar Zoanthid 
Category:
Zoantharians 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Zoantharia (Order) > Zoanthidae (Family) > Zoanthus (Genus) > sansibaricus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Carlgren, 1900 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, Galapagos Islands, Guam, Indian Ocean, Japan, Marschall Islands, Mozambique, Northwest Pacific, Palau, South-Africa, Taiwan, Tansania, Vietnam, Western Indian Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
0 - 8 Meter 
Size:
0.39" - 0.79" (1cm - 2,0cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Difficulty:
Easy 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Has a poison harmful to health 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-12-06 12:48:44 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

Toxicity

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

Zoanthus sansibaricus Carlgren, 1900

Synonymised names
Zoanthus cavernarum Pax & Müller, 1957 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Zoanthus cyanoides Pax & Müller, 1957 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Zoanthus erythrochloros Pax & Müller, 1957 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Zoanthus gnophodes Pax & Müller, 1957 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Zoanthus zansibaricus Carlgren, 1900 · unaccepted

Korallenriff Magazin

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Menschenfresser Zoas

Krustenanemonen sind sowohl bei erfahrenen Aquarianern als auch bei Anfängern äußerst beliebt. Die kleinen farbenprächtigen Polypen kommen in schier unendlicher ­Vielfalt an Farbvarianten vor und lassen sich in der Regel sehr einfach im Aquarium halten und vermehren.

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External links

  1. BoldSystems (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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