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Muricea squarrosa Fan coral

Muricea squarrosa is commonly referred to as Fan coral. 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. Yuri Hooker, Peru, Fernando Rivera, USA

Foto: Canoas de Punta Sal, Tumbes, Peru

Tiefe 10–13 Meter, 13 August 2012
Courtesy of the author Dr. Yuri Hooker, Peru, Fernando Rivera, USA

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lexID:
12255 
AphiaID:
287577 
Scientific:
Muricea squarrosa 
German:
Gorgonie 
English:
Fan Coral 
Category:
Gorgonie 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Plexauridae (Family) > Muricea (Genus) > squarrosa (Species) 
Initial determination:
Verrill, 1869 
Occurrence:
Central America (Eastern Pacific), Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, South America, South-Pazific 
Sea depth:
2 - 40 Meter 
Size:
up to 13.78" (35 cm) 
Temperature:
77 °F - 82.4 °F (25°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Fish eggs, Invertebrates, Organic suspended sediment , Zooplankton 
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
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2019-07-24 12:44:24 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Source:
Breedy O, Guzman HM (2015)
A revision of the genus Muricea Lamouroux, 1821 (Anthozoa, Octocorallia) in the eastern Pacific. Part I: Eumuricea Verrill, 1869 revisited.
ZooKeys 537: 1-32. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.537.6025

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