Janaria mirabilis Staghorn Hydrocoral

Janaria mirabilis is commonly referred to as Staghorn Hydrocoral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

17155 

AphiaID:

290235 

Scientific:

Janaria mirabilis 

German:

Geweih-Hydrokoralle 

English:

Staghorn Hydrocoral 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Hydractiniidae (Family) > Janaria (Genus) > mirabilis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Stechow, 1921 

Occurrence:

Canada Eastern Pacific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Panama, USA 

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:

7 - 137 Meter 

Habitats:

Epibiont (living on other organisms), Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Food:

Commensalism, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Janaria mirabilis
  Geweih-Hydrokoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-01-16 12:59:10 

Last edit:

2025-01-16 13:02:37 

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