Actinoscyphia saginata Venus Flytrap Anemone, Venus fly-tray anemone

Actinoscyphia saginata is commonly referred to as Venus Flytrap Anemone, Venus fly-tray anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 14870
AphiaID:: 100836

Scientific:: Actinoscyphia saginata
German:: Venusfliegenfallen-Anemone
English:: Venus Flytrap Anemone, Venus Fly-tray Anemone

Category:: Anémones

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Actinoscyphiidae (Family) > Actinoscyphia (Genus) > saginata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Verrill, ), 1882

Occurrence:: Bay of Biscay, Canada Eastern Pacific, East cost of USA, East-Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Ireland, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, the Canary Islands, West Africa, West-Atlantic Ocean
Sea depth:: 700 - 2177 Meter
Size:: 9.84" - 11.81" (25cm - 30cm)
Weight:: 480 g
Temperature:: 3,85 °F - 13,15 °F (3,85°C - 13,15°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Crustaceans, Detritus, Fish (little fishes), Foraminifers, Herbivorous, Invertebrates, Marine snow, Phytoplankton, Schrimps, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Cold water animal
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Actinoscyphia aurelia
Venusfliegenfallen-Anemone
Actinoscyphia plebeia
Anemone
Actinoscyphia saginata
Venusfliegenfallen-Anemone
Actinoscyphia verrilli

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-06-05 09:15:18
Last edit:: 2022-06-07 18:29:03

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Actinoscyphia saginata is a delicate and fragile deep-sea anemone and at the same time a very successful zooplankton feeder that occurs at depths of over 2 kilometers.
The anemone settles in exposed places on rocks or on dead coral skeletons and waits for drifting or passing zooplankton, which it encloses and consumes with its polyps at lightning speed.
Actinoscyphia saginata has between 130 - 160 tentacles, has a dark brown-red coloration.

Synonym: Actinernus saginatus Verrill, 1882 ·

External links

A catalogue of actiniaria and corallimorpharia from the Canary Islands and from Madeira (Central Macaronesia) (en). Abgerufen am 05.06.2022.
Bedrock geology in New England submarine canyons (en). Abgerufen am 05.06.2022.
Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora. 2nd ed (en). Abgerufen am 05.06.2022.
Erstbeschreibung Actinernus saginatus Verrill, 1882, Seite 225 (en). Abgerufen am 05.06.2022.
Lophelia II 2010: Oil Seeps and Deep Reefs on NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown in the Gulf of Mexico (en). Abgerufen am 05.06.2022.
Lophelia II 2010: Oil Seeps and Deep Reefs on NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown in the Gulf of Mexico (en). Abgerufen am 05.06.2022.
Tiefsee-Aktinien der Familie Actinoscyphiidae aus dem Nordatlantik (Actiniaria, Mesomyaria), Seite 146 (de). Abgerufen am 05.06.2022.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 05.06.2022.

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