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Sertularella arbuscula Planar hydroid

Sertularella arbuscula is commonly referred to as Planar hydroid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
12951 
AphiaID:
117895 
Scientific:
Sertularella arbuscula 
German:
Hydrozoon 
English:
Planar Hydroid 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Leptothecata (Order) > Sertularellidae (Family) > Sertularella (Genus) > arbuscula (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lamouroux, ), 1816 
Occurrence:
Australia, Circumtropic, Mozambique, South-Africa 
Marine Zone:
Supratidal (Supralitoral), spray water area (splash water area) above the tidal influence where the influence of the sea clearly outweighs that of the land. 
Sea depth:
2,5 - 61 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
1.97" - 5.91" (5cm - 15cm) 
Temperature:
7,00 °F - 25,0 °F (7,00°C - 25,0°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
  • Sertularella acutidentata
  • Sertularella africana
  • Sertularella agulhenis
  • Sertularella albida
  • Sertularella ampullacea
  • Sertularella anguina
  • Sertularella annulata
  • Sertularella antarctica
  • Sertularella areyi
 
More related species
in this lexicon
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-03-23 16:03:56 

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Sertularella arbuscula (Lamouroux, 1816)

The planar hydroid (Sertularella arbuscula) is a branching colonial hydroid in the family Sertulariidae. This colonial animal is found off the southern African coast from Saldanha Bay to central Mozambique, as well as off Vema Seamount, through the Indian Ocean and off Australia

Synonymised names
Sertularella arborea Kirchenpauer, 1884 (synonym)
Sertularella arbuscula var. quinquelaminata Leloup, 1934 (invalid junior homonym of Sertularella quinquelaminata Stechow, 1931)
Sertularia arbuscula Lamouroux, 1816 (basionym)

External links

  1. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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