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Melithaea rubra Multicoloured sea fan

Melithaea rubra is commonly referred to as Multicoloured sea fan. Difficulty in the aquarium: не подходит для аквариума!.


Profilbild Urheber Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika

Acabaria rubra (Multicoloured sea fan), Jeffreys Bay18.05.2014


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lexID:
10080 
AphiaID:
746514 
Scientific:
Melithaea rubra 
German:
Mehrfarben-Seefächer 
English:
Multicoloured Sea Fan 
Category:
Горгонаприи (Морские Веера) 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Melithaeidae (Family) > Melithaea (Genus) > rubra (Species) 
Initial determination:
Esper, 1789 
Occurrence:
South-Africa 
Sea depth:
1 - 160 Meter 
Size:
up to 19.69" (50 cm) 
Temperature:
59 °F - 75.2 °F (15°C - 24°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Plankton 
Difficulty:
не подходит для аквариума! 
Offspring:
None 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
 
More related species
in this lexicon
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-03-24 12:56:09 

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Melithaea rubra(Esper, 1789)

Melithaea rubra, commonly known as Multicoloured sea fan has cylindrical stems.The colour is very diverse,white polyps on red stems,yellow polyps on white stems,orange polyps on yellow stems,red polyps on red stems.The sea fan inhabit overhangs (beneath ), perpendicular to waterflow Intertidal pools and rocky reefs. This species is a filterfeeder.

Synonym:
Acabaria rubra Esper

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

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 23.03.2025.

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