Eunicella albicans Flagellar sea fan

Eunicella albicans is commonly referred to as Flagellar sea fan. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Eunicella albicans (Flagellar sea fan),Port Elizabeth, Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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lexID:: 9409
AphiaID:: 213054

Scientific:: Eunicella albicans
German:: Seefächer, Hornkoralle
English:: Flagellar Sea Fan

Category:: Gorgonie

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Gorgoniidae (Family) > Eunicella (Genus) > albicans (Species)
Initial determination:: (Kölliker, ), 1865

Occurrence:: Endemic species, South-Africa
Marine Zone:: Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones.
Sea depth:: 2 - 360 Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 27.56" (70 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C)
Food:: azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Carnivore, Copepods, Filter feeder, 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:

Eunicella albicans
Seefächer, Hornkoralle
Eunicella cavolini
Gelbe Hornkoralle
Eunicella filiformis
Eunicella filum
Eunicella gazella
Hornkoralle
Eunicella gracilis
Eunicella granulata
Eunicella hendersoni
Eunicella kochi
Eunicella labiata
Gorgonie
Eunicella lata
Eunicella palma
Eunicella papillifera
Eunicella pendula
Eunicella pillsbury
Eunicella racemosa
Eunicella rigida
Eunicella singularis
Seefächer, Hornkoralle
Eunicella tricoronata
Sinus-Seefächer
Eunicella verrucosa
Kaltwassergorgonie

More related species in this lexicon:

Eunicella microthela
Seefächer, Hornkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-02-28 13:29:28
Last edit:: 2025-03-25 19:46:19

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Eunicella albicans (Kölliker, 1865)

The Flagellar sea fan has very long,thin whiplike branches, flattend near the base and often with longitudinal lines.Eunicella albicans can be found to deeper rocky reefs with minimal wave.Its a filterfeeder.

Its endemic to Southern Africa.

Synonym: Gorgonia albicans Kölliker, 1865

External links

Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Eunicella albicans (Flagellar sea fan),Port Elizabeth, Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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