Euplexaura recta Euplexaura recta

Euplexaura recta is commonly referred to as Euplexaura recta. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 287814

Scientific:: Euplexaura recta
German:: Fächergorgonie
English:: Euplexaura Recta

Category:: Sea Fans

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Plexauridae (Family) > Euplexaura (Genus) > recta (Species)
Initial determination:: (Nutting, ), 1910

Occurrence:: Indo Pacific, Indonesia
Size:: up to 11.81" (30 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Dustfood , Phytoplankton, Zooplankton
Tank:: 65.99 gal (~ 300L)
Difficulty:: Only for advanced aquarists
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Euplexaura abietina
Euplexaura albida
Euplexaura amerea
Euplexaura anastomosans
Euplexaura arbuscula
Euplexaura aruensis
Euplexaura attenuata
Euplexaura boninensis
Euplexaura braueri
Euplexaura capensis
Euplexaura cervicornis
Euplexaura crassa
Gorgonie
Euplexaura curvata
Euplexaura divergens
Euplexaura erecta
Euplexaura flava
Euplexaura javensis
Euplexaura kükenthali
Euplexaura maghrebensis
Euplexaura media
Euplexaura mitsukurii
Euplexaura mollis
Euplexaura multiflora
Euplexaura nuttingi
Euplexaura parciclados
Euplexaura parva
Euplexaura pendula
Euplexaura pinnata
Euplexaura plana
Euplexaura platystoma
Euplexaura purpureoviolacea
Euplexaura recta
Fächergorgonie
Euplexaura reticulata
Euplexaura rhipidalis
Euplexaura robusta
Euplexaura rubra
Euplexaura sparsiflora
Euplexaura taboguilla
Euplexaura thomsoni
Euplexaura yayoii

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-12-07 20:05:29
Last edit:: 2012-12-07 20:05:29

Captive breeding / propagation

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

Info

(Nutting, 1910)

Synonymised taxa:
Plexaura recta Nutting, 1910 (synonym)

Azooxantellate coral, needs regularly plankton-feeding.

Rare imported and only for specialists!

External links

Harald´s Gorgonien-Lexikon (de) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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