Melithaea rubrinodis Sea Fan

Melithaea rubrinodisis commonly referred to as Sea Fan. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5842 

AphiaID:

746534 

Scientific:

Melithaea rubrinodis 

German:

Busch-Knotenkoralle 

English:

Sea Fan 

Category:

Sea Fans 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Melithaeidae (Family) > Melithaea (Genus) > rubrinodis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gray, ), 1859 

Occurrence:

Djibouti, Eritrea, Australia, Egypt, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Indo Pacific, Israel, Red Sea 

Sea depth:

9,5 - 26 Meter 

Size:

up to 39.37" (100 cm) 

Temperature:

37.4 °F - 26,6 °F (3°C - 26,6°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Invertebrates, Marine snow, 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:

• 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
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Melithaea sp. 01
  Hornkoralle - Gorgonie
• 
  Melithaea davidi
  Tiefsee-Gorgonie
• 
  Melithaea sp. 01
  Netzfächer
• 
  Melithaea sp. 02
  Seefächer
• 
  Melithaea sp. 03
  Knotiger Seefächer
• 
  Melithaea sp.4
  Knotenseefächer

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-08-06 20:11:25 

Last edit:

2022-07-11 21:42:35 

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