Eunicella tricoronata Sinuous sea fan

Eunicella tricoronata is commonly referred to as Sinuous sea fan. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Eunicella tricoronata (Sinuous sea fan),Port Elizabeth 2009, Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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lexID:: 9408
AphiaID:: 213055

Scientific:: Eunicella tricoronata
German:: Sinus-Seefächer
English:: Sinuous Sea Fan

Category:: Hornkoraller (Gorgonier)

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Gorgoniidae (Family) > Eunicella (Genus) > tricoronata (Species)
Initial determination:: Velimirov, 1971

Occurrence:: Endemic species, South-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:: 10 - 40 Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 11.81" - 15.75" (30cm - 40cm)
Temperature:: 50 °F - 64.4 °F (10°C - 18°C)
Food:: azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Carnivore, Copepods, Filter feeder, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Eunicella albicans
Seefächer, Hornkoralle
Eunicella cavolini
Gelbe Hornkoralle
Eunicella filiformis
Hornkoralle Gorgonie
Eunicella filum
Eunicella gazella
Hornkoralle
Eunicella gracilis
Eunicella granulata
Eunicella hendersoni
Eunicella kochi
Eunicella labiata
Gorgonie
Eunicella lata
Eunicella palma
Eunicella papillifera
Eunicella pendula
Eunicella pillsbury
Eunicella racemosa
Hornkoralle
Eunicella rigida
Eunicella singularis
Seefächer, Hornkoralle
Eunicella tricoronata
Sinus-Seefächer
Eunicella verrucosa
Kaltwassergorgonie

More related species in this lexicon:

Eunicella microthela
Warzen Seefächer, Hornkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-02-28 13:07:04
Last edit:: 2025-03-25 19:35:15

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Eunicella tricoronata Velimirov, 1971

The Sinuous sea fan is flattend and has a sinous-like stems.The colour is yellow to orange.When pollyps are ectended the sea fan get a fuzzy appearance.Eunicella tricoronata can be found in rocky reefs (D1-40m depht).It is a filterfeeder.

Its endemic to Southern Africa.

External links

Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Eunicella tricoronata (Sinuous sea fan),Port Elizabeth 2009, Copyright Johan Swanepoel

Eunicella tricoronata,atlantis reef Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2025 (CC-BY-SA)

Eunicella tricoronata, Dalgleish Bank, South Africa 2023 (CC-BY-SA)

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