Wrangelia penicillata Pink Bush Algae

Wrangelia penicillata is commonly referred to as Pink Bush Algae. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6186 

AphiaID:

144713 

Scientific:

Wrangelia penicillata 

German:

Pink- Buschalge, Braunalge 

English:

Pink Bush Algae 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Plantae (Kingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Ceramiales (Order) > Wrangeliaceae (Family) > Wrangelia (Genus) > penicillata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(C.Agardh) C.Agardh, 1828 

Occurrence:

Ghana, Tunesien, Barbados, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Algeria, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Australia, Azores, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, European Coasts, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Philippines, South-Africa, Spain, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 

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:

Meter 

Size:

1.97" - 7.87" (5cm - 20cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Photosynthesis 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Wrangelia penicillata
  Pink- Buschalge, Braunalge

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-10-08 20:05:25 

Last edit:

2023-03-26 13:44:43 

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