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Melithaea mcqueeni Magnificence Sea Fan, Splendid Knotted Fan Coral

Melithaea mcqueeniis commonly referred to as Magnificence Sea Fan, Splendid Knotted Fan Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. Karine Marangon

Foto: Philipinnen


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lexID:
14898 
AphiaID:
746517 
Scientific:
Melithaea mcqueeni 
German:
Pracht-Netzfächer 
English:
Magnificence Sea Fan, Splendid Knotted Fan Coral 
Category:
Sea Fans 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Melithaeidae (Family) > Melithaea (Genus) > mcqueeni (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Thomson & McQueen, ), 1908 
Occurrence:
Sudan, Celebes Sea, Egypt, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Moluccas, Philippines, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Western Indian Ocean 
Sea depth:
10 - 60 Meter 
Size:
15.75" - 23.62" (40cm - 60cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C) 
Food:
azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Invertebrates, Mucus, Plankton, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Experts only! Very hard to keep 
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
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-04-30 07:28:47 

Info

Melithaea splendens is a beautiful azooxanthellate fan coral that grows in dimly lit caves and under rocky overhangs, where it always points its branches into the current so that its polyps can easily capture drifting plankton.

The coloration of the Magnificent Fan ranges from reddish, orange to purple, with the small white to yellowish polyps standing out clearly.

The fan-shaped coral is mainly found in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, the photo of Dr. Karine Marangon is from the sea around the Philippines, so the distribution of the sea fan may be larger than previously thought.

Synonyms:
Acabaria crosslandi Stiasny, 1938
Acabaria crosslandi var. hicksoni Stiasny, 1938
Acabaria splendens (Thomson & McQueen, 1908)
Melitodes splendens Thomson & McQueen, 1908

External links

  1. A molecular and morphological exploration of the generic boundaries in the family Melithaeidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) and its taxonomic consequences (en). Abgerufen am 30.04.2023.
  2. Flickr Homepage Karine Marangon (en). Abgerufen am 30.04.2023.
  3. Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea (en). Abgerufen am 10.07.2022.
  4. The Gorgonacea of the Siboga expedition, hier Erstbeschreibung vom Synonym Birotulata splendens Nutting, 1911 (en). Abgerufen am 30.04.2023.
  5. Unterwasser-Welt-Rotes Meer / Peter Jonas (de). Abgerufen am 10.07.2022.
  6. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 10.07.2022.

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Foto; Southern Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippinen
Foto: Philipinnen
Foto: Ägypten, Rotes Meer

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