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Corynactis viridis Jewel Anemone

Corynactis viridisis commonly referred to as Jewel Anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
2545 
AphiaID:
101016 
Scientific:
Corynactis viridis 
German:
Juwelenanemone 
English:
Jewel Anemone 
Category:
Mushrooms 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Corallimorpharia (Order) > Corallimorphidae (Family) > Corynactis (Genus) > viridis (Species) 
Initial determination:
Allman, 1846 
Occurrence:
Azores, Brazil, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 
Sea depth:
0 - 50 Meter 
Size:
0.39" - 0.39" (1cm - 1,5cm) 
Temperature:
50 °F - 68 °F (10°C - 20°C) 
Food:
Clam meat, Dustfood , Food specialist, Living Food, Worms 
Tank:
22 gal (~ 100L)  
Difficulty:
Average 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-01-02 20:20:07 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Corynactis viridis Allman, 1846

A small clonal anemone with a smooth column up to 15mm in height and diameter. The disc is wide, the tentacles have rounded knobs at their tips, up to 100 in number. the colour is often brilliant green, red, pink, orange, white or brown, in various combinations, usually the tentacle knobs contrast with the colour of the column.

Synonymised names:
Corynactis allmani Thompson, 1847
Corynactis allmanni
Corynactis allmannii
Corynactis mediterranea Sars M., 1857
Corynactis viridis var. chrysochlorina Gosse
Corynactis viridis var. hyalocera Fischer
Corynactis viridis var. smaragdina Gosse
Corynactis viridis var. tephrina Gosse

Direct children (4):
Variety Corynactis viridis var. chrysochlorina Gosse accepted as Corynactis viridis Allman, 1846
Variety Corynactis viridis var. hyalocera Fischer accepted as Corynactis viridis Allman, 1846
Variety Corynactis viridis var. smaragdina Gosse accepted as Corynactis viridis Allman, 1846
Variety Corynactis viridis var. tephrina Gosse accepted as Corynactis viridis Allman, 1846

Scientific paper

  1. Redescription of Mesoglicola delagei (Copepoda: Mesoglicolidae), a Parasite of Corynactis viridis (Anthozoa: Corallimorpharia), Mercedes Conradi and Pablo J. López-González, 1996
  2. The Structure of the Nematocyst Thread and the Geometry of Discharge in Corynactis viridis Allman, R. J. Skaer and L. E. R. Picken, 1965

External links

  1. .habitas.org.uk/marinelife (en). Abgerufen am 02.01.2021.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 02.01.2021.

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Corynactis viridis - Korallenanemone
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Corynactis viridis - Korallenanemone
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Corynactis viridis - Korallenanemone
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Corynactis viridis, Jewel anemone
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