Plexaurella nutans Giant slit-pore sea rod

Plexaurella nutans is commonly referred to as Giant slit-pore sea rod. Difficulty in the aquarium: 3 - Ganska enkel. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

2153 

AphiaID:

290819 

Scientific:

Plexaurella nutans 

German:

Gorgonie 

English:

Giant Slit-pore Sea Rod 

Category:

Hornkoraller (Gorgonier) 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Plexauridae (Family) > Plexaurella (Genus) > nutans (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Duchassaing & Michelotti, ), 1860 

Occurrence:

Belize, Canada Eastern Pacific, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, USA 

Sea depth:

1 - 55 Meter 

Size:

up to 51.18" (130 cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

44 gal (~ 200L)  

Difficulty:

3 - Ganska enkel 

Offspring:

Easy to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Plexaurella crassa
• Plexaurella curvata
• 
  Plexaurella dichotoma
  Doppelverzweigte Hornkoralle
• Plexaurella furcata
• 
  Plexaurella grandiflora
  Gorgonie
• 
  Plexaurella grisea
  Graue Gorgonie, Graue Seerute
• Plexaurella heteropora
• Plexaurella kunzei
• Plexaurella minuta
• 
  Plexaurella nutans
  Gorgonie
• Plexaurella regia
• Plexaurella tenuis
• Plexaurella teres
• Plexaurella vermiculata
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2007-02-24 13:06:43 

Last edit:

2007-02-24 13:06:43 

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