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Melithaea davidi Deepwater sea fan

Melithaea davidi is commonly referred to as Deepwater 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.


Profilbild Urheber Dr. Kaveh Samimi-Namin, Niederlande

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lexID:
10055 
AphiaID:
1341925 
Scientific:
Melithaea davidi 
German:
Tiefsee-Gorgonie 
English:
Deepwater Sea Fan 
Category:
Gorgonie 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Melithaeidae (Family) > Melithaea (Genus) > davidi (Species) 
Initial determination:
Samimi-Namin, Ofwegen & McFadden, 2016 
Occurrence:
Gulf of Oman / Oman, Red Sea, Western Indian Ocean 
Sea depth:
- 80 Meter 
Size:
up to 4.72" (12 cm) 
Temperature:
32 °F - 59 °F (0°C - 15°C) 
Food:
Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-04-16 17:38:59 

Info

Samimi-Namin, van Ofwegen, McFadden, 2016

The species is named after David Mothershaw who collected the specimens.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Scleraxonia (Suborder) > Melithaeidae (Family) > Melithaeinae (Subfamily) > Melithaea (Genus) > Melithaea davidi (Species)

External links

  1. Erstbeschreibung von Melithaea davidi (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 16.04.2022.

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