Acanthoaxis wirtzi Acanthoaxis wirtzi

Acanthoaxis wirtzi is commonly referred to as Acanthoaxis wirtzi. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

9310 

AphiaID:

517605 

Scientific:

Acanthoaxis wirtzi 

German:

Acanthoaxis wirtzi 

English:

Acanthoaxis Wirtzi 

Category:

Горгонаприи (Морские Веера) 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Acanthoaxiidae (Family) > Acanthoaxis (Genus) > wirtzi (Species) 

Initial determination:

van Ofwegen & McFadden, 2010 

Occurrence:

Cameroon, East-Atlantic Ocean, West Africa 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

1 - 2 Meter 

Size:

up to 5.91" (15 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Food specialist, Plankton 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

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:

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  Acanthoaxis wirtzi
  Acanthoaxis wirtzi

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-02-15 08:18:42 

Last edit:

2023-08-14 19:39:34 

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