eastern cape scuba diving
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| Scientific name: |
Pseudactinia varia |
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| Common name: |
Mauve false plum anemone |
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| Taxonomy |
| Phyulm |
Sub Phylum |
Class |
Sub Class |
Order |
Sub Order |
Family |
Sub Family |
Genus |
Species |
| Cnidaria |
Anthozoa |
Anthozoa |
Zoantharia |
Actiniaria |
Nyantheae |
Actiniidae |
Not Defined |
Pseudactinia |
Pseudactinia varia |
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Short Description:
The column is smooth body is hollow, cylindrical, and attached at the base by a flat adhesive disc. Mauve-coloured tentacles ring the mouth and are armed with stinging cells .
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Identification
features: |
Mauve tipped tentacles with smooth body |
| Size: |
50 - 100 mm |
| Behaviour: |
May be found singly or in groups.It can move about slowly and inflates vesicles to attack and sting creatures it encounters to defend its territory.Prey captured with the tentacles is stuffed through the mouth into the digestive cavity. Reproduction can be sexual or by simple division of the body |
| Diet: |
Molluscs and crustaceans |
| Distribution: |
Troughout Southern Africa |
| Depth: |
1-20m |
| Habitat: |
In rocky pools or shallow reefs |
| Reference: |
- Two Oceans
(A guide to the marine life of Southern Africa)
GM Branch;CL Griffiths;ML Branch;LE Beckley
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eastern cape scuba diving
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