Melithaea maldivensis maldivensis

Melithaea maldivensisis commonly referred to as maldivensis. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 746529

Scientific:: Melithaea maldivensis
German:: Malediven-Netzfächer
English:: Maldivensis

Category:: Sea Fans

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Melithaeidae (Family) > Melithaea (Genus) > maldivensis (Species)
Initial determination:: (van Ofwegen, ), 1987

Occurrence:: (the) Maldives, Indian Ocean
Sea depth:: 22 - 37 Meter
Size:: up to 15.75" (40 cm)
Temperature:: 73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C)
Food:: azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Dustfood , Food specialist, Invertebrates, Mucus, Plankton, Zooplankton
Tank:: 65.99 gal (~ 300L)
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Melithaea acuta
Melithaea africana
Melithaea akalyx
Melithaea albitincta
Melithaea amboinensis
Melithaea andamanensis
Melithaea arborea
Melithaea atrorubens
Melithaea aurantia
Melithaea australis
Melithaea baladea
Melithaea bicolor
Seefächer
Melithaea biserialis
Seefächer
Melithaea boninensis
Melithaea braueri
Melithaea caledonica
Seefächer
Melithaea capensis
Melithaea cinquemiglia
Melithaea clavigera
Melithaea coccinea
Melithaea contorta
Melithaea corymbosa
Melithaea delicata
Gorgonie
Melithaea dichotoma
Melithaea divaricata
Melithaea doederleini
Melithaea dubia
Melithaea ellisi
Melithaea elongata
Melithaea erythraea
Melithaea esperi
Melithaea flabellata
Melithaea flabellum
Melithaea formosa
Melithaea fragilis
Melithaea frondosa
Melithaea furcata
Melithaea gracilis
Melithaea gracillima
Melithaea haddoni
Melithaea harbereri
Melithaea hendersoni
Melithaea hicksoni
Melithaea isonoi
Melithaea japonica
Flachwasser Gorgonie
Melithaea klunzingeri
Melithaea kuea
Melithaea laevis
Melithaea linearis
Melithaea mabahissi
Melithaea maldivensis
Malediven-Netzfächer
Melithaea mcqueeni
Pracht-Netzfächer
Melithaea mertoni
Melithaea modesta
Melithaea moluccana
Melithaea mutsu
Melithaea nodosa
Seefächer
Melithaea nuttingi
Melithaea occidentalis
Melithaea ochracea
Knotenfächer
Melithaea omanensis
Melithaea ornata
Melithaea ouvea
Melithaea oyeni
Melithaea philippinensis
Melithaea planiloca
Melithaea planoregularis
Melithaea pulchella
Melithaea pulchra
Melithaea ramulosa
Melithaea retifera
Melithaea robusta
Melithaea roemeri
Melithaea rubeola
Melithaea rubra
Seefächer
Melithaea rubrinodis
Busch-Knotenkoralle
Melithaea rugosa
Melithaea ryukyuensis
Melithaea sagamiensis
Melithaea sanguinea
Melithaea satsumaensis
Melithaea serrata
Melithaea shanni
Melithaea sinaica
Sinai-Netzfächer, Kalkachsenkoralle
Melithaea singularis
Melithaea sinuata
Melithaea spinosa
Melithaea splendens
Melithaea spongiosa
Melithaea squamata
Schuppiger Riesenfächer
Melithaea squarrosa
Melithaea stiasnyi
Melithaea stormii
Melithaea studeri
Melithaea suensoni
Melithaea superba
Melithaea tanseii
Melithaea tenella
Melithaea tenuis
Melithaea textiformis
Melithaea thomsoni
Melithaea thorpeae
Melithaea tokaraensis
Melithaea tongaensis
Melithaea triangulata
Melithaea trilineata
Melithaea undulata
Melithaea valdiviae
Melithaea variabilis
Knotiger Seefächer
Melithaea virgata
Melithaea wrighti
Melithaea zimmeri
Zimmer's Fächerkoralle

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-03-26 14:17:17
Last edit:: 2022-07-11 21:25:14

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Melithaea maldivensis
van Ofwegen, 1987

Melithaea is a genus of corals in the family Melithaeidae. Members of the genus are commonly known as sea fans and are found in tropical regions of the Indo-Pacific.

Ist not easy to keep, he live only from Plankton (food), not from Light.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) >
Alcyonacea (Order) >
Scleraxonia (Suborder) >
Melithaeidae (Family) >
Clathraria (Genus)

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus:
Melithaea acuta Gray, 1870
Melithaea akalyx Kükenthal, 1908
Melithaea atrorubens (Gray, 1870)
Melithaea elongata (Gray, 1859)
Melithaea maldivensis van Ofwegen, 1987
Melithaea omanensis van Ofwegen, 1987
Melithaea planiloca (Ridley, 1888)
Melithaea robusta Kükenthal, 1919
Melithaea roemeri Kükenthal, 1908
Melithaea rubrinodis Gray, 1859

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Scleraxonia (Suborder) > Melithaeidae (Family) > Melithaeinae (Subfamily) > Melithaea (Genus) > Melithaea maldivensis (Species)

External links

Erstbeschreibung Clathraria maldivensis , Seite 17ff (en). Abgerufen am 11.07.2022.
Harald´s Gorgonien-Lexikon (de) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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