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Xenia blumi Xenia blumi

Xenia blumi is commonly referred to as Xenia blumi. 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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Foto: Amami-Oshima Island, Präfektur Miyazaki, Japan


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lexID:
16463 
AphiaID:
210018 
Scientific:
Xenia blumi 
German:
Weichkoralle, Xenia blumi 
English:
Xenia Blumi 
Category:
Mjukkoraller 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Octocorallia (Class) > Malacalcyonacea (Order) > Xeniidae (Family) > Xenia (Genus) > blumi (Species) 
Initial determination:
Schenk, 1896 
Occurrence:
Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Indonesia, Japan, Moluccas, Red Sea, Taiwan, The Ryukyu Islands 
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:
Meter 
Size:
0.79" - 1.18" (2cm - 3cm) 
Temperature:
78.8 °F - 86 °F (26°C - 30°C) 
Food:
Zooxanthellae / Light 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-05-12 08:52:52 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Xenia blumi are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Xenia blumi, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Xenia blumi, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

Info

Colonies of Xenia blumi are usually small to medium sized, they can reach a height of up to 3cm, with the body stem taking up to 1.3cm of the total height.

Living colonies of Xenia blumi are light yellowish, white to brownish, depending on the distribution of the embedded sclerites that provide stability.
Pulsating pumping movements of the polyps have not been observed in colonies from the Red Sea.

Xenia blumi is not offered by importers and therefore does not enter domestic marine aquaria.

Synonym: Xenia plicata Schenk, 1896

External links

  1. A review on bioactive secondary metabolites of soft corals (Octocorallia) and their distribution in Eritrean coast of Red Sea (en). Abgerufen am 01.05.2024.
  2. High species diversity of the soft coral family Xeniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) in the temperate region of Japan revealed by morphological and molecular analyses (en). Abgerufen am 30.04.2024.
  3. Re-description of type material of Xenia Lamarck, 1816 (Octocorallia: Xeniidae) (en). Abgerufen am 30.04.2024.
  4. Xeniidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the Red Sea, with descriptions of six new species of Xenia (en). Abgerufen am 30.04.2024.

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Foto: Amami-Oshima Island, Präfektur Miyazaki, Japan

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