Thalassianthus aster

Thalassianthus aster
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Actiniaria
Family:	Thalassianthidae
Genus:	Thalassianthus
Species:	T. aster
Binomial name
	Thalassianthus aster; Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828
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
Red color morph
Stinging nematocysts

References

^ IUCN 2017. [1] The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.1.
^ World Register of Marine Species. (2013). Thalassianthus aster Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291206
^ 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.

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[iucn-1] IUCN 2017. [1] The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.1.

[WoRMS-2] World Register of Marine Species. (2013). Thalassianthus aster Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291206

[Toxin-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.

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