Melithaea zimmeri Zimmer's sea fan

Melithaea zimmeri is commonly referred to as Zimmer's sea fan. Difficulty in the aquarium: niveau expert! très difficile à garder!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Graham Edgar, Reef Life Survey, Australien

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lexID:: 12173
AphiaID:: 746549

Scientific:: Melithaea zimmeri
German:: Zimmer's Fächerkoralle
English:: Zimmer's Sea Fan

Category:: Gorgones

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Melithaeidae (Family) > Melithaea (Genus) > zimmeri (Species)
Initial determination:: (Kükenthal), 1908

Occurrence:: Australia, Bass Strait, Endemic species, Great Barrier Reef, Indo Pacific, New South Wales (Australia), Queensland (Australia), South Australia, South-Pazific, Western Australia
Sea depth:: 0 - 110 Meter
Size:: 7.87" - 19.69" (20cm - 50cm)
Temperature:: 66.2 °F - 82.4 °F (19°C - 28°C)
Food:: Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Invertebrates, Marine snow, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: niveau expert! très difficile à garder!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

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Melithaea andamanensis
Melithaea arborea
Melithaea atrorubens
Melithaea aurantia
Melithaea australis
Melithaea baladea
Melithaea bicolor
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Melithaea biserialis
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Melithaea boninensis
Melithaea braueri
Melithaea caledonica
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Melithaea capensis
Melithaea cinquemiglia
Melithaea clavigera
Melithaea coccinea
Melithaea contorta
Melithaea corymbosa
Melithaea delicata
Gorgonie
Melithaea dichotoma
Melithaea divaricata
Melithaea doederleini
Melithaea dubia
Melithaea ellisi
Melithaea elongata
Melithaea erythraea
Melithaea esperi
Melithaea flabellata
Melithaea flabellum
Melithaea formosa
Melithaea fragilis
Melithaea frondosa
Melithaea furcata
Melithaea gracilis
Melithaea gracillima
Melithaea haddoni
Melithaea harbereri
Melithaea hendersoni
Melithaea hicksoni
Melithaea isonoi
Melithaea japonica
Flachwasser Gorgonie
Melithaea klunzingeri
Melithaea kuea
Melithaea laevis
Melithaea linearis
Melithaea mabahissi
Melithaea maldivensis
Malediven-Netzfächer
Melithaea mcqueeni
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Melithaea mertoni
Melithaea modesta
Melithaea moluccana
Melithaea mutsu
Melithaea nodosa
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Melithaea nuttingi
Melithaea occidentalis
Melithaea ochracea
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Melithaea omanensis
Melithaea ornata
Melithaea ouvea
Melithaea oyeni
Melithaea philippinensis
Melithaea planiloca
Melithaea planoregularis
Melithaea pulchella
Melithaea pulchra
Melithaea ramulosa
Melithaea retifera
Melithaea robusta
Melithaea roemeri
Melithaea rubeola
Melithaea rubra
Mehrfarben-Seefächer
Melithaea rubrinodis
Busch-Knotenkoralle
Melithaea rugosa
Melithaea ryukyuensis
Melithaea sagamiensis
Melithaea sanguinea
Melithaea satsumaensis
Melithaea serrata
Melithaea shanni
Melithaea sinaica
Sinai-Netzfächer, Kalkachsenkoralle
Melithaea singularis
Melithaea sinuata
Melithaea spinosa
Melithaea splendens
Melithaea spongiosa
Melithaea squamata
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Melithaea squarrosa
Melithaea stiasnyi
Melithaea stormii
Melithaea studeri
Melithaea suensoni
Melithaea superba
Melithaea tanseii
Melithaea tenella
Melithaea tenuis
Melithaea textiformis
Melithaea thomsoni
Melithaea thorpeae
Melithaea tokaraensis
Melithaea tongaensis
Melithaea triangulata
Melithaea trilineata
Melithaea undulata
Melithaea valdiviae
Melithaea variabilis
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