Eunicea knighti Knight’s flexible sea rod

Eunicea knightiis commonly referred to as Knight’s flexible sea rod. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Prof. Dr. Charles G. Messing, (†), USA

Foto: Florida, USA

Courtesy of the author Prof. Dr. Charles G. Messing, (†), USA . Please visit nsuworks.nova.edu for more information.

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Scientific:: Eunicea knighti
German:: Gorgonie
English:: Knight’s Flexible Sea Rod

Category:: Sea Fans

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Plexauridae (Family) > Eunicea (Genus) > knighti (Species)
Initial determination:: Bayer, 1961

Occurrence:: East Coast Australia, Belize, Canada , Costa Rica, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, West-Atlantic Ocean
Sea depth:: 13 - 27 Meter
Size:: up to 59.06" (150 cm)
Temperature:: 53.6 °F - 28,2 °F (12°C - 28,2°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Eunicea aspera
Eunicea asperula
Pickelgorgonie
Eunicea calyculata
Gorgonia
Eunicea castelnaudi
Eunicea citrina
Eunicea clavigera
Gorgonie
Eunicea distans
Eunicea echinata
Eunicea esperi
Eunicea flexuosa
Eunicea fusca
Gorgonie, Doughnut-Meeresrute
Eunicea gracilis
Eunicea heteropora
Eunicea hicksoni
Eunicea hirta
Eunicea humilis
Eunicea inexpectata
Eunicea knighti
Gorgonie
Eunicea laciniata
Gorgonie
Eunicea laxispica
Hornkoralle
Eunicea lugubris
Eunicea madrepora
Eunicea mammosa
Gorgonie
Eunicea multicauda
Eunicea pallida
Gorgonie
Eunicea palmeri
Gorgonie
Eunicea pinta
Gorgonie
Eunicea sayoti
Eunicea sparsiflora
Eunicea stromyeri
Eunicea succinea
Gorgonie
Eunicea tayrona
Gorgonie
Eunicea tourneforti
Tournefort's Gorgonie
Eunicea turgida

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2020-12-31 12:16:58
Last edit:: 2020-12-31 16:01:41

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Eunicea knighti are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Eunicea knighti, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Eunicea knighti, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Very specíal thanks for the first photo of Eunicea knighti to Prof. Dr. Charles G. Messing, Nova Southeastern University, USA

Eunicea knighti forms tree-like growing colony forms, it is elastic/flexible, bushy with well-distributed dichotomous branching from near the base of the colony.

Branching: Gorgonian forms long terminal branches

Scientific paper

Cembranoid Diterpenes from the Caribbean Sea Whip Eunicea knighti, Tello, Edisson; Castellanos, Leonardo; Arevalo-Ferro, Catalina; Duque, Carmenza , 2009

External links

Interactive Identification Guide to South Florida Octocorals (en). Abgerufen am 31.12.2020.
The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists (Seite 150f hier Eunicea (Euniceopsis) knighti genannt) (en). Abgerufen am 31.12.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 31.12.2020.

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