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Solenocaulon sp. Gorgonian Sea Fan

Solenocaulon sp.is commonly referred to as Gorgonian Sea Fan. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully.

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lexID:
8552 
AphiaID:
0 
Scientific:
Solenocaulon sp. 
German:
Offenästige Hornkoralle 
English:
Gorgonian Sea Fan 
Category:
Sea Fans 
Family tree:
Solenocaulon (Genus) > sp. (Species) 
Occurrence:
Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Madagascar, Pacific Ocean 
Size:
up to 33.46" (85 cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Food specialist, Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Solenocaulon akalyx
  • Solenocaulon cervicorne
  • Solenocaulon chinense
  • Solenocaulon grayi
  • Solenocaulon jedanensis
  • Solenocaulon querciformis
  • Solenocaulon ramosum
  • Solenocaulon simplex
  • Solenocaulon sterroclonium
  • Solenocaulon tortuosum
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2015-07-05 13:28:14 

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Solenocaulon Gray, 1862

This undescribed Solenocaulon gorgonian sea fan have zooxanthella, but needs also planctonic food.The photo was taken in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

Noumerus small animals, including, sea slugs, crabs, shrimps, tunicates and other live on the gorgonian sea fan.

Following Solenocaulon species
are described:

Solenocaulon akalyx
Solenocaulon cervicorne
Solenocaulon chinense
Solenocaulon grayi
Solenocaulon jedanensis
Solenocaulon querciformis
Solenocaulon ramosum
Solenocaulon simplex
Solenocaulon sterroclonium
Solenocaulon tortuosum
Solenocaulon tubulosum

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Scleraxonia (Suborder) > Anthothelidae (Family) > Solenocaulon (Genus)

External links

  1. Harald´s Gorgonien-Lexikon (de) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Wild Singapore Homepage (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Solenocaulon sp., Copyright Henning Wiese
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Solenocaulon sp., Copyright Henning Wiese
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Offenästige Fächerkoralle, Solenocaulon akalyx

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