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Margaretta levinseni Cactus-bush bryozoan

Margaretta levinseniis commonly referred to as Cactus-bush bryozoan. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended.

Profilbild Urheber Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika

Margaretta levinseni (Canu & Bassler, 1930)


Courtesy of the author Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika . Please visit www.easterncapescubadiving.co.za for more information.

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lexID:
12259 
AphiaID:
469946 
Scientific:
Margaretta levinseni 
German:
Moostierchen 
English:
Cactus-bush Bryozoan 
Category:
Bryozoa 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Bryozoa (Phylum) > Gymnolaemata (Class) > Cheilostomatida (Order) > Margarettidae (Family) > Margaretta (Genus) > levinseni (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Canu & Bassler, ), 1930 
Occurrence:
South-Africa 
Sea depth:
4 - 20 Meter 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 84.2 °F (22°C - 29°C) 
Food:
Plankton 
Tank:
22 gal (~ 100L)  
Difficulty:
Not for beginners 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Margaretta barbata
  • Margaretta buski
  • Margaretta cereoides
  • Margaretta filiformis
  • Margaretta fusiformis
  • Margaretta gracilior
  • Margaretta levinseni
    Moostierchen
  • Margaretta longicollis
  • Margaretta opuntioides
  • Margaretta rajui
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2019-07-25 10:56:03 

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Margaretta levinseni (Canu & Bassler, 1930)

Common name: Cactus-bush bryozoan

Short upright cylindrical brancs with side-stems like a miniture cactus.Zooecia resemble Grecian urns, and have a delicate net-like pattern.Overall all colour is a straw brown to a light orange

External links

  1. Eastern Cape Scuba Diving (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Margaretta levinseni (Canu & Bassler, 1930)

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