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Muriceopsis flavida Rough Sea Plume, Bottle-Brush Coral

Muriceopsis flavida is commonly referred to as Rough Sea Plume, Bottle-Brush Coral. 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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Foto: Xcacel Beach, Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexiko


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lexID:
2419 
AphiaID:
290417 
Scientific:
Muriceopsis flavida 
German:
Karibische Gorgonie, Flaschenbürsten-Koralle 
English:
Rough Sea Plume, Bottle-Brush Coral 
Category:
Gorgonier 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Plexauridae (Family) > Muriceopsis (Genus) > flavida (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lamarck, ), 1815 
Occurrence:
Belize, Bermuda, Canada Eastern Pacific, Costa Rica, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 
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:
3 - 33 Meter 
Size:
19.69" - 29.53" (50cm - 75cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
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:
2021-11-24 20:43:46 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Muriceopsis flavida (Lamarck, 1815)

Muriceopsis flavida has relatively stubby, stout and stiff branchlets. May reach 50 cm tall. Colour is usually pale, tinged with pink.

Synonymised names:
Gorgonia flavida Lamarck, 1815 (original combination)
Plexaura flavida (Lamarck, 1815) (changed combination)

External links

  1. Interactive Identification Guide to South Florida Octocorals (en). Abgerufen am 30.12.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 30.12.2020.

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Foto: Xcacel Beach, Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexiko

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