Bornetella sphaerica Spherical turtle shell

Bornetella sphaerica is commonly referred to as Spherical turtle shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: Middels. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5963 

AphiaID:

214426 

Scientific:

Bornetella sphaerica 

German:

Grünalge 

English:

Spherical Turtle Shell 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Plantae (Kingdom) > Chlorophyta (Phylum) > Ulvophyceae (Class) > Dasycladales (Order) > Dasycladaceae (Family) > Bornetella (Genus) > sphaerica (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Zanardini) Solms-Laubach, 1892 

Occurrence:

Australia, China, Fiji, Hawaii, Japan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Micronesia, Philippines, Singapore, Tansania, the Seychelles, Vietnam 

Size:

0.2" - 0.35" (0.5cm - 0.9cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Photosynthesis 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

Difficulty:

Middels 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Bornetella sphaerica
  Grünalge

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-08-28 19:38:42 

Last edit:

2013-08-28 19:38:42 

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