Edwardsianthus pudicus Burrowing Sea Anemone, Star Anemone

Edwardsianthus pudicus is commonly referred to as Burrowing Sea Anemone, Star Anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Edwardsianthus pudicus, Tulamben 2025

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lexID:: 14723
AphiaID:: 592989

Scientific:: Edwardsianthus pudicus
German:: Grabende Anemone
English:: Burrowing Sea Anemone, Star Anemone

Category:: Актинии

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Actiniaria (Order) > Edwardsiidae (Family) > Edwardsianthus (Genus) > pudicus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Klunzinger, ), 1877

Occurrence:: Djibouti, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, (the) Maldives, Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Egypt, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, India, Indian Ocean, Israel, Japan, Marschall Islands, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Somalia, South-Africa, South-Pazific, Tansania, the Seychelles, Tulamben, Yemen
Sea depth:: - 20 Meter
Habitats:: Lagoons, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 1.97" (5 cm)
Temperature:: 79.52 °F - 84.74 °F (26.4°C - 29.3°C)
Food:: Carnivore, No reliable information available
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:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-04-21 20:47:43
Last edit:: 2025-11-24 20:19:25

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Edwardsianthus pudicus (Klunzinger, 1877)

This Burrowing Sea Anemone have a long thin body and live buried in sediments or in holes or crevices in rock.

Synonymised names:
Edwardsia adenensis Faurot, 1895 · unaccepted
Edwardsia bocki Carlgren, 1931 · unaccepted
Edwardsia pudica Klunzinger, 1877 · unaccepted
Edwardsia rakaiyae Bourne, 1916 · unaccepted
Edwardsia rekaiyae Bourne, 1916 · unaccepted (synonym)
Edwardsia stephensoni Carlgren, 1950 · unaccepted
Edwardsia vermiformis Bourne, 1916 · unaccepted
Edwardsianthus pudica (Klunzinger, 1877) · unaccepted
Edwardsianthus pudicua (Klunzinger, 1877) · unaccepted
Edwardsiella pudica (Klunzinger, 1877) · unaccepted

External links

Gems of the southern Japanese seas – four new species of Edwardsianthus (Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Edwardsiidae) with redescriptions of two species (en). Abgerufen am 21.04.2022.
Homepage Scott & Jeannette Johnson (en). Abgerufen am 21.04.2022.

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Edwardsianthus pudicus,coral haven, Matutuíne District, Mozambique 2019_(CC-BY-SA)

Edwardsianthus pudicus,stringer two mile Western Shore of Lake Shazibe, Sodwana, 3974, South Africa 2025_(CC-BY-SA)

Burrowing Sea Anemone - Edwardsianthus pudicus, Israel 2019

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