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Eunicella labiata Gorgonia, Sea Fan

Eunicella labiata is commonly referred to as Gorgonia, Sea Fan. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
13550 
AphiaID:
125364 
Scientific:
Eunicella labiata 
German:
Gorgonie 
English:
Gorgonia, Sea Fan 
Category:
Hornkoraller (Gorgonier) 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Gorgoniidae (Family) > Eunicella (Genus) > labiata (Species) 
Initial determination:
Thomson, 1927 
Occurrence:
Ghana, Angola, Bay of Biscay, European Coasts, Morocco, Northeast Atlantic, Spain, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
9 - 100 Meter 
Size:
9.84" - 15.75" (25cm - 40cm) 
Temperature:
17,5 °F - 25,00 °F (17,5°C - 25,00°C) 
Food:
azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Marine snow, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-04-11 10:12:26 

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Eunicella labiata is a pretty fan-shaped horn coral that some divers may have seen right in front of their camera.

Eunicella labiata is an azooxanthellate coral that needs a continuous supply of plankton to feed.

In the literature there is a hint that the horn coral is said to occur from Angola to Morocco, we would appreciate more precise finding data.

In case such an animal should get into an aquarium, azooxanthellate corals are really only suitable for real specialists.
It is best to leave the coral in the sea.

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