Eunicea flexuosa Bent sea rod

Eunicea flexuosa is commonly referred to as Bent sea rod. Difficulty in the aquarium: Średnio trudny. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 834203

Scientific:: Eunicea flexuosa
German:: Bogen-Strauchgorgonie
English:: Bent Sea Rod

Category:: Gorgonie

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Octocorallia (Class) > Malacalcyonacea (Order) > Plexauridae (Family) > Eunicea (Genus) > flexuosa (Species)
Initial determination:: (Lamouroux, ), 1821

Occurrence:: Belize, Canada Eastern Pacific, Costa Rica, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, USA
Sea depth:: 1 - 50 Meter
Size:: up to 39.37" (100 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 84.2 °F (24°C - 29°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 44 gal (~ 200L)
Difficulty:: Średnio trudny
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Eunicea aspera
Eunicea asperula
Pickelgorgonie
Eunicea calyculata
Gorgonia
Eunicea castelnaudi
Eunicea citrina
Eunicea clavigera
Gorgonie
Eunicea distans
Eunicea echinata
Eunicea esperi
Eunicea flexuosa
Bogen-Strauchgorgonie
Eunicea fusca
Gorgonie, Doughnut-Meeresrute
Eunicea gracilis
Eunicea heteropora
Eunicea hicksoni
Eunicea hirta
Eunicea humilis
Eunicea inexpectata
Eunicea knighti
Gorgonie
Eunicea laciniata
Gorgonie
Eunicea laxispica
Hornkoralle
Eunicea lugubris
Eunicea madrepora
Eunicea mammosa
Gorgonie
Eunicea multicauda
Eunicea pallida
Gorgonie
Eunicea palmeri
Gorgonie
Eunicea pinta
Gorgonie
Eunicea sayoti
Eunicea sparsiflora
Eunicea stromyeri
Eunicea succinea
Gorgonie
Eunicea tayrona
Gorgonie
Eunicea tourneforti
Tournefort's Gorgonie
Eunicea turgida

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2005-10-23 23:26:00
Last edit:: 2024-05-04 18:13:52

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Eunicea flexuosa (Lamouroux, 1821)

Synonymised names
Eunicea (Eunicea) flexuosa (Lamouroux, 1821) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Plexaura flexosa Lamouroux, 1821 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Plexaura flexuosa Lamouroux, 1821 · unaccepted (original combination)
Plexaura salicornoides Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 · unaccepted (synonym)

External links

Interactive Identification Guide to South Florida Octocorals (en). Abgerufen am 30.12.2020.
Resurrection of the octocorallian genus Antillogorgia for Caribbean species previously assigned to Pseudopterogorgia, and a taxonomic assessment of the relationship of these genera with Leptogorgia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Gorgoniidae) (en). Abgerufen am 30.12.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 30.12.2020.

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