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Botryocarpa prolifera Blackspot red algae

Botryocarpa prolifera is commonly referred to as Blackspot red algae. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully.

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Botryocarpa prolifera (Blackspot red algae), Port Elizabeth 2009, Copyright Johan Swanepoel


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lexID:
9328 
AphiaID:
371752 
Scientific:
Botryocarpa prolifera 
German:
Rotalge 
English:
Blackspot Red Algae 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Plantae (Kingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Ceramiales (Order) > Delesseriaceae (Family) > Botryocarpa (Genus) > prolifera (Species) 
Initial determination:
Greville, 1830 
Occurrence:
South-Africa 
Size:
up to 7.87" (20 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C) 
Food:
Photosynthesis 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2016-02-17 19:45:22 

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Botryocarpa prolifera Greville, 1830

This red algae have flat and thin leathery blades.The colour is a coppery-red with particularly blackish discolorations.Botryocarpa prolifera can be found in rocky tidal pools (1-5 m depht).

Synonyme:
Delesseria botryocarpa
Fucus botryocarpus
Wormskioldia botryocarpa

Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Eurhodophytina (Subdivision) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Rhodymeniophycidae (Subclass) > Ceramiales (Order) > Delesseriaceae (Family) > Delesserioideae (Subfamily) > Botryocarpeae (Tribe) > Botryocarpa (Genus) > Botryocarpa prolifera (Species)

External links

  1. Eastern Cape Scuba Diving (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Botryocarpa prolifera (Blackspot red algae), Port Elizabeth 2009, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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