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]
Thalassianthus aster is a species of sea anemone in the family Thalassianthidae. 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.
On a hermit crab
Red color morph
Stinging nematocysts
Thalassianthus aster est une espèce d'anémones de mer de la famille des Thalassianthidae.
Thalassianthus aster is een zeeanemonensoort uit de familie Thalassianthidae.
Thalassianthus aster is voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven door Rüppel & Leuckart in 1828.
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