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Melithaea squamata Sea Fan

Melithaea squamatais commonly referred to as Sea Fan. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Melithaea squamata,Schuppiger Riesenfächer, Molukken (c) Erich Teister




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lexID:
13666 
AphiaID:
212762 
Scientific:
Melithaea squamata 
German:
Schuppiger Riesenfächer 
English:
Sea Fan 
Category:
Sea Fans 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Melithaeidae (Family) > Melithaea (Genus) > squamata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Nutting, ), 1911 
Occurrence:
India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Moluccas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, South China Sea, Sulu Sea , Timor, Western Australia 
Sea depth:
10 - 34 Meter 
Temperature:
78.8 °F - 82.4 °F (26°C - 28°C) 
Food:
azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Filter feeder, Plankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-02-25 20:34:12 

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Melithaea squamata (Nutting, 1911)

Members of this genus do not have the unicellular symbiotic algae Zooxanthellae in their tissues that many other corals do. Colonies vary in colour but tend to be shades of yellow, orange, red and brown.

Synonymised names:
Melitodes squamata (Nutting, 1911)

External links

  1. Melithaeidae (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) from the Indian Ocean and the Malay Archipelago (en). Abgerufen am 24.02.2021.
  2. New report of Melithaea delicata Hickson, 1905 (subclass: octocorallia) from Little Andaman Island, India (page 10 to 14) (en). Abgerufen am 24.02.2021.
  3. ON SOME ALCYONARIANS FROM THE WEST-PACIFICISLANDS (PALAU, PONAPE AND BONINS), Seite 106 (en). Abgerufen am 28.02.2021.
  4. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 24.02.2021.
  5. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 24.02.2021.

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Melithaea squamata,Schuppiger Riesenfächer, Molukken (c) Erich Teister

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