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Asteromenia peltata Red alga

Asteromenia peltata is commonly referred to as Red alga. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Asteromenia peltata,This species is usually seen on the slopes of lagoon pinnacles.


Courtesy of the author Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater . Please visit www.underwaterkwaj.com for more information.

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lexID:
13397 
AphiaID:
145834 
Scientific:
Asteromenia peltata 
German:
Rotalge 
English:
Red Alga 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Plantae (Kingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Rhodymeniales (Order) > Hymenocladiaceae (Family) > Asteromenia (Genus) > peltata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(W.R.Taylor) Huisman & A.J.K.Millar, 1996 
Occurrence:
Australia, Cebu ((Philippines), Coral sea (Eastern Australia), European Coasts, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, Marschall Islands, North Atlantic Ocean, Panama, South Atlantic, South-Pazific, Tansania, Tasmania (Australia), the Caribbean, Venezuela 
Sea depth:
- 40 Meter 
Size:
up to 19.69" (50 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 
Food:
Photosynthesis 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
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in this lexicon
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-11-30 16:29:27 

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Asteromenia peltata (W.R.Taylor) Huisman & A.J.K.Millar, 1996

This species is usually seen on the slopes of lagoon pinnacles.

Synonymised names:
Fauchea peltata W.R.Taylor, 1942 (synonym)
Halichrysis peltata (W.R.Taylor) P.Huvé & H.Huvé, 1977
Weberella peltata (W.R.Taylor) Schneider, 1975

External links

  1. underwaterkwaj.com (en). Abgerufen am 30.11.2020.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 30.11.2020.

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