Arca noae Noah's Arch

Arca noae is commonly referred to as Noah's Arch. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6462 

AphiaID:

138788 

Scientific:

Arca noae 

German:

Noahs Arche, Arche Noah-Muschel 

English:

Noah's Arch 

Category:

Muslinger 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Arcida (Order) > Arcidae (Family) > Arca (Genus) > noae (Species) 

Initial determination:

Linnaeus, 1758 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Albania, Algeria, Angola, Azores, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Lybia, Montenegro, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Slovenia, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Tansania, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey 

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:

0 - 200 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

2.36" - 3.94" (6cm - 10cm) 

Temperature:

11,9 °F - 17,5 °F (11,9°C - 17,5°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Arca acuminata
• Arca angusta
• Arca boucardi
• Arca bouvieri
• Arca despecta
• Arca fernandezensis
• Arca imbricata
• Arca kauaia
• Arca mutabilis
• Arca navicularis
• 
  Arca noae
  Noahs Arche, Arche Noah-Muschel
• Arca ocellata
• Arca pacifica
• Arca patriarchalis
• Arca rachelcarsonae
• Arca tetragona
• Arca truncata
• Arca turbatrix
• Arca ventricosa
• Arca volucris
• Arca zebra
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-12-01 13:34:51 

Last edit:

2024-01-10 19:49:13 

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