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Cespitularia erecta ORA Efflatounaria, ORA Blue Cespitularia , ORA Purple Cespitularia

Cespitularia erecta is commonly referred to as ORA Efflatounaria, ORA Blue Cespitularia , ORA Purple Cespitularia. Difficulty in the aquarium: Lett. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. Michael Janes, USA


Courtesy of the author Dr. Michael Janes, USA

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lexID:
11040 
AphiaID:
288170 
Scientific:
Cespitularia erecta 
German:
Aufrechte Cespitularia 
English:
ORA Efflatounaria, ORA Blue Cespitularia , ORA Purple Cespitularia 
Category:
Mykkoraller 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Xeniidae (Family) > Cespitularia (Genus) > erecta (Species) 
Initial determination:
Macfadyen, 1936 
Occurrence:
Australia, Endemic species, Great Barrier Reef 
Sea depth:
24 - 28 Meter 
Size:
1.57" - 2.36" (4cm - 6cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 26,8 °F (°C - 26,8°C) 
Food:
Dissolved inorganic substances) f.e.NaCL,CA, Mag, K, I.P, CO2, Dissolved organic substances, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Difficulty:
Lett 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Cespitularia coerula
  • Cespitularia densa
  • Cespitularia erecta
    Aufrechte Cespitularia
  • Cespitularia exigua
  • Cespitularia hypotentaculata
  • Cespitularia infirmata
    Weichkoralle
  • Cespitularia mantoni
  • Cespitularia mollis
  • Cespitularia multipinnata
  • Cespitularia quadriserta
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-12-03 14:44:34 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

Info

Macfadyen, 1936

Very special thanks for the first photo of Cespitularia erecta to Dr. Michael P. Janes, Senior Aquatic Biologist, AquaTouch, Arizona, USA.
This coral is also called "ORA Efflatounaria", "ORA Blue Cespitularia" oder 2ORA Purple Cespitularia".

Cespitularia erecta is an endemic soft coral that occurs in Australia, with tones of pink and purple, the polyps are significantly brighter, there are also examples in light brown with brown polyps and light pink with dark polyps.

Cespitularia erecta is counted to the not pumping xenia sp. and can be easily confused with Efflatounaria soft corals.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniina (Suborder) > Xeniidae (Family) > Cespitularia (Genus) > Cespitularia erecta (Species)

External links

  1. Identification of Cultured Xeniids (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. ORA “Vargas Cespitularia” (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. ORA Unveils Latest Soft Coral, the Vargas Cespitularia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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