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Dactylanthus antarcticus   (Clubb, 1908)

Gorgonian-feeding anemone

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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South Georgia Island and South Sandwich Islands country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from West Antarctic (Ref. 116836). C: Ref. 116836.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rauschert, M. and W.E. Arntz, 2015
National Database:

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Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Anthozoa > Actiniaria (Sea anemones) > Preactiidae ()

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Sessile; depth range 10 - 610 m (Ref. 87801).   Polar; 46°S - 74°S, 77°W - 35°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southeast Pacific and Antarctic Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

This is a benthic mobile species found on primnoid gorgonians at depths of 10 to 610 m. It has a mouth capable of opening very wide, allowing it to prey on octocorals (Ref. 87801). Solitary (Ref. 2377).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Anthozoa are either gonochoric or hermaphroditic. Mature gametes are shed into the coelenteron and spawned through the mouth. Life cycle: The zygote develops into a planktonic planula larva. Metamorphosis begins with early morphogenesis of tentacles, septa and pharynx before larval settlement on the aboral end.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Southern Ocean Mollusc Database (SOMBASE). 2011. (Ref. 87340)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses


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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Hexacorallians of the World | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 0.5 - 9.8, mean 7.1 (based on 46 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.