Melithaea zimmeri Zimmer's sea fan

Melithaea zimmeriis commonly referred to as Zimmer's sea fan. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Graham Edgar, Reef Life Survey, Australien

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lexID:: 12173
AphiaID:: 746549

Scientific:: Melithaea zimmeri
German:: Zimmer's Fächerkoralle
English:: Zimmer's Sea Fan

Category:: Sea Fans

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Melithaeidae (Family) > Melithaea (Genus) > zimmeri (Species)
Initial determination:: (Kükenthal), 1908

Occurrence:: Australia, Bass Strait, Endemic species, Great Barrier Reef, Indo Pacific, New South Wales (Australia), Queensland (Australia), South Australia, South-Pazific, Western Australia
Sea depth:: 0 - 110 Meter
Size:: 7.87" - 19.69" (20cm - 50cm)
Temperature:: 66.2 °F - 82.4 °F (19°C - 28°C)
Food:: Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Invertebrates, Marine snow, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Experts only! Very hard to keep
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown