Lobophora variegata Bracket Brown Seaweed

Lobophora variegata is commonly referred to as Bracket Brown Seaweed. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6202 

AphiaID:

145381 

Scientific:

Lobophora variegata 

German:

Braunalge 

English:

Bracket Brown Seaweed 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Chromista (Kingdom) > Ochrophyta (Phylum) > Phaeophyceae (Class) > Dictyotales (Order) > Dictyotaceae (Family) > Lobophora (Genus) > variegata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(J.V.Lamouroux) Womersley ex E.C.Oliveira, 1977 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Ghana, Hong Kong, West Sahara, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Australia, Azores, Balearic Islands, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Columbia, Cuba, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, European Coasts, Fiji, Florida, French Polynesia, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Laccadive Sea, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Madeira, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico (East Pacific), Micronesia, Mozambique, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Mediterranean Sea, the Seychelles, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wake Atoll, West-Atlantic Ocean, Yemen 

Sea depth:

0 - 120 Meter 

Size:

0.79" - 1.57" (2cm - 4cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Photosynthesis 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Lobophora canavestita
• Lobophora halterata
• Lobophora magnoliatoidata
• Lobophora montanata
• Lobophora nivigerata
• Lobophora simsata

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Lobophora ceylanica
  Braunalge
• 
  Lobophora schneideri
  Schneiders Braunalge
• 
  Lobophora variegata
  Braunalge

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-10-12 12:03:31 

Last edit:

2022-03-21 19:49:44 

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