Thalassianthus aster

Thalassianthus aster
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Thalassianthidae
Genus: Thalassianthus
Species:
T. aster
Binomial name
Thalassianthus aster
Synonyms
  • Epicladia quadrangula Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834
  • Thalassianthes aster Rüppell
  • Thallasianthus aster

Thalassianthus aster is a species of sea anemone in the family Thalassianthidae.[2] It dwells in a number of habitats, even existing symbiotically on top of other motile invertebrates such as hermit crabs in a relationship similar to the pom pom crab. Its nematocysts contain a Type-II Na+-channel toxin known as δ-TLTX-Ta1a according to the currently developing systematic nomenclature for peptide and protein toxins from sea anemones.[3]

  • On a hermit crab
    On a hermit crab
  • Red color morph
    Red color morph
  • Stinging nematocysts
    Stinging nematocysts
  1. ^ IUCN 2017. [1] The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.1.
  2. ^ World Register of Marine Species. (2013). Thalassianthus aster Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291206
  3. ^ Dos Santos, Wagner Ferreira (2009). "Spider and Wasp Neurotoxins". Botulinum Toxin. pp. 471–484. doi:10.1016/B978-1-4160-4928-9.00038-X. ISBN 9781416049289.