Umimayanthus parasiticus Sponge Zoanthid

Umimayanthus parasiticus is commonly referred to as Sponge Zoanthid. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6292 

AphiaID:

847839 

Scientific:

Umimayanthus parasiticus 

German:

Schwamm-Krustenanemone 

English:

Sponge Zoanthid 

Category:

Anémones coloniales 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Zoantharia (Order) > Parazoanthidae (Family) > Umimayanthus (Genus) > parasiticus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, ), 1860 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Belize, Bermuda, Costa Rica, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, 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:

7,5 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Epibiont (living on other organisms), Seawater, Sea water, Sponge areas 

Size:

0.28" - 0.39" (0.7cm - 1cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 75.2 °F (20°C - 24°C) 

Food:

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:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Umimayanthus chanpuru
  Schwamm-Krustenanemone
• 
  Umimayanthus parasiticus
  Schwamm-Krustenanemone

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-10-26 20:55:17 

Last edit:

2025-07-24 13:02:51 

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