Annella mollis Giant gorgonian Sea Fan, Gorgonian fan, Giant Sea Fan

Annella mollis is commonly referred to as Giant gorgonian Sea Fan, Gorgonian fan, Giant Sea Fan. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Pauline Walsh Jacobson, USA

Giant Sea Fan, Annella mollis, Twin Sisters, Fiji 2008

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lexID:: 769
AphiaID:: 520669

Scientific:: Annella mollis
German:: Gorgonie oder Hickson´s Riesenfächer oder Fächerkoralle
English:: Giant Gorgonian Sea Fan, Gorgonian Fan, Giant Sea Fan

Category:: Gorgones

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Subergorgiidae (Family) > Annella (Genus) > mollis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Nutting, ), 1910

Occurrence:: El Salvador, American Samoa, Arafura Sea, Australia, Bali, Bikini Atoll, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Marschall Islands, New Caledonia, Northern Territory (Australia), Okinawa, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Singapore, Taiwan, the Caribbean, The Ryukyu Islands, Timor Sea, Tulamben
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:: 5 - 40 Meter
Size:: up to 78.74" (200 cm)
Temperature:: 3,6 °F - 28,7 °F (3,6°C - 28,7°C)
Food:: Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Copepods, Dustfood , Lobster eggs, Marine snow, Plankton
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:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-09-17 08:32:45
Last edit:: 2019-08-21 18:38:34

Élevages

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