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Paraminabea aldersladei Long Polyp Orange Soft Coral

Paraminabea aldersladeiis commonly referred to as Long Polyp Orange Soft Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Paraminabea aldersladei, Kwajalein 2020


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lexID:
3695 
AphiaID:
290663 
Scientific:
Paraminabea aldersladei 
German:
Möhrenkoralle 
English:
Long Polyp Orange Soft Coral 
Category:
Soft Corals 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniidae (Family) > Paraminabea (Genus) > aldersladei (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Williams, ), 1992 
Occurrence:
East Coast Australia, Banda Sea, Central Pazific, China, Fiji, Flores, Indo Pacific, Micronesia, North Pacific (Ocean), Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Solomon Islands, South-Pazific, Taiwan, Western Australia 
Sea depth:
3,5 - 1015 Meter 
Size:
up to 3.94" (10 cm) 
Temperature:
4,3 °F - 84.2 °F (4,3°C - 29°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, Copepods, Food specialist, Invertebrates, Marine snow, Plankton, Zooplankton 
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-03-20 21:56:29 

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Paraminabea aldersladei (Williams, 1992)

Paraminabea aldersladei is a species of soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae.Can be ound in the central Indo-Pacific. Looks like an upside down carrot growing out of the substrate. Its striking white polyps are extended only at night to feed.

Synonymised names:
Minabea aldersladei Williams, 1992 (synonym)

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