Ellisella ceratophyta Red Whip Coral

Ellisella ceratophytais commonly referred to as Red Whip Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Pauline Walsh Jacobson, USA

Whip Coral, Ellisella ceratophyta, John's Tunnel, Fiji 2008

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lexID:: 3650
AphiaID:: 520720

Scientific:: Ellisella ceratophyta
German:: Strauch- oder Rutengorgonie
English:: Red Whip Coral

Category:: Sea Fans

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Ellisellidae (Family) > Ellisella (Genus) > ceratophyta (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1758

Occurrence:: Australia, Corea, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 20 - 50 Meter
Size:: up to 78.74" (200 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 78.8 °F (22°C - 26°C)
Food:: azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Plankton
Tank:: 109.99 gal (~ 500L)
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Ellisella acacesia
Ellisella andamanensis
Ellisella atlantica
Ellisella aurantiaca
Ellisella azilia
Ellisella candida
Ellisella ceratophyta
Strauch- oder Rutengorgonie
Ellisella cercidia
Besengorgonie
Ellisella ceylonensis
Ellisella cylindrica
Ellisella divisa
Ellisella dolfusi
Ellisella elongata
Peitschengorgonie
Ellisella erythraea
Ellisella eustala
Ellisella filiformis
Ellisella flagellum
Ellisella flava
Ellisella funiculina
Ellisella gracilis
Ellisella grandiflora
Ellisella grandis
Ellisella gruveli
Ellisella laevis
Ellisella limbaughi
Gorgonie
Ellisella maculata
Ellisella marisrubri
Ellisella moniliformis
Ellisella nivea
Ellisella nuctenea
Ellisella paraplexauroides
Riesen Gorgonie
Ellisella plexauroides
Ellisella quadrilineata
Ellisella rigida
Ellisella rosea
Ellisella rossafila
Ellisella rubra
Ellisella schmitti
Peitschengorgonie
Ellisella thomsoni
Ellisella vaughani
Ellisella vermeuleni

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2011-04-23 11:43:38
Last edit:: 2023-03-10 20:23:10

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Ellisella ceratophyta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ellisella, commonly known as sea whip, is a genus of soft coral in the family Ellisellidae.Ellisella constitutes like bushy shrub gorgonians which dominant color is brown to reddish and polyps are white with eight tentacles.

Synonymised names:
Ctenocella ceratophyta Linnaeus, 1758
Gorgonia ceratophyta Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Gorgonia sasappo Pallas, 1766 (synonym)
Leptogorgia boryana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (synonym)
Verrucella stellata Nutting, 1910 (synonym)

External links

sealifebase.ca (en). Abgerufen am 12.02.2021.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 12.02.2021.

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Whip Coral, Ellisella ceratophyta, John's Tunnel, Fiji 2008

Ellisella ceratophyta Strauch- oder Rutengorgonie

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