Heteroxenia fuscescens Red Sea Soft Coral, Pulsating Xenid

Heteroxenia fuscescens is commonly referred to as Red Sea Soft Coral, Pulsating Xenid. Difficulty in the aquarium: facile. A aquarium size of at least 112 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

1098 

AphiaID:

210004 

Scientific:

Heteroxenia fuscescens 

German:

Weichkoralle 

English:

Red Sea Soft Coral, Pulsating Xenid 

Category:

Coraux mous 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Xeniidae (Family) > Heteroxenia (Genus) > fuscescens (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Ehrenberg, ), 1834 

Occurrence:

Australia, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Indo Pacific, Madagascar, Mozambique, Philippines, Red Sea, South-Africa, Tansania 

Sea depth:

4,5 - 28,5 Meter 

Size:

up to 3.94" (10 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

24.64 gal (~ 112L)  

Difficulty:

facile 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Heteroxenia bauiana
• 
  Heteroxenia elisabethae
  Pilz-Xenie
• 
  Heteroxenia fuscescens
  Weichkoralle
• Heteroxenia ghardaquensis
• Heteroxenia lighti
• 
  Heteroxenia medioensis
  Weichkoralle
• Heteroxenia membranacea
• Heteroxenia mindorensis
• Heteroxenia minuta
• Heteroxenia palmae
• Heteroxenia philippinensis
• Heteroxenia pinnata
• Heteroxenia rigida
• Heteroxenia uniserta
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-10-11 17:34:20 

Last edit:

2020-05-27 18:48:09 

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