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: Łatwy . 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:: Koralowce miękkie

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:: Łatwy
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

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-10-11 17:34:20
Last edit:: 2020-05-27 18:48:09

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Heteroxenia fuscescens are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Heteroxenia fuscescens, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Heteroxenia fuscescens, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Heteroxenia fuscescens (Ehrenberg, 1834)

Synonym: Xenia fuscescens Ehrenberg, 1834

External links

Bioactive Secondary Metabolites from the Red Sea soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens (en). Abgerufen am 08.06.2021.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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De Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa - IMG_3858.resized, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24229983

Heteroxenia fuscescens - Weichkoralle - Bild (c) by Paul-Gerhard Rohleder

Husbandry know-how of owners

Fischly
@Fischly

am 18.01.12#1

Ein wunderschönes Tier ! Leicht zu pflegen. Wächst nicht wirklich in meinem Algenbecken, hat also höhere Ansprüche. In den anderen Becken wächst sie wie wild, muss sie also ab und zu ausdünnen. Stämme können konzentriert zusammenwachsen und bilden wunderschöne Kolonien. Kann auch leicht lila wirken, ein Hingucker, der in keinem Becken fehlen sollte.

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