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Muricea hebes Muricea hebes

Muricea hebes is commonly referred to as Muricea hebes. 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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lexID:
16074 
AphiaID:
287564 
Scientific:
Muricea hebes 
German:
Hornkoralle 
English:
Muricea Hebes 
Category:
Gorgonier 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Malacalcyonacea (Order) > Plexauridae (Family) > Muricea (Genus) > hebes (Species) 
Initial determination:
Verrill, 1864 
Occurrence:
Ecuador, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, South East Pacific 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
5 - 25 Meter 
Habitats:
Rocky, hard seabeds, Underwater caves, Underwater caverns 
Size:
up to 9.84" (25 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 84.2 °F (24°C - 29°C) 
Food:
azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Invertebrates, Plankton, 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
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-11-19 13:49:06 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Muricea hebes forms colonies that can be 10 to 25 cm high and 8 to 20 cm wide.
The color of the horn coral is a dark reddish-orange with white polyps.

Dr. Odalisca Breedy, one of the experts on Eastern Pacific horn corals, reported that horn corals from the Eastern Pacific are always azooxanthellate and are therefore dependent on a continuous influx of plankton.

External links

  1. A revision of the genus Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in the eastern Pacific (en). Abgerufen am 18.11.2023.
  2. A revision of the genus Muricea Lamouroux, 1821 (Anthozoa, Octocorallia) in the eastern Pacific. Part II (en). Abgerufen am 18.11.2023.
  3. Erstbeschreibung Muricea hebes, Seite 439 - 441 (en). Abgerufen am 18.11.2023.
  4. New octocoral records for the Ecuadorian Tropical Eastern Pacific (en). Abgerufen am 18.11.2023.
  5. Octocoral Distribution Patterns at the Equatorial Front (Tropical Eastern Pacific): Muricea and Leptogorgia (en). Abgerufen am 18.11.2023.
  6. Range extension of Muricea hebes (Gorgonacea: Plexauridae) to the Gulf of California (en). Abgerufen am 18.11.2023.

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Foto: Equador, Ost-Pazifik

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