Ovabunda macrospiculata Soft coral

Ovabunda macrospiculata is commonly referred to as Soft coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 112 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 290553

Scientific:: Ovabunda macrospiculata
German:: Großspikel-Pumpkoralle
English:: Soft Coral

Category:: Soft Corals

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Xeniidae (Family) > Ovabunda (Genus) > macrospiculata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Gohar, ), 1940

Occurrence:: Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Red Sea, Western Indian Ocean
Size:: up to 1.77" (4.5 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 24.64 gal (~ 112L)
Difficulty:: Easy
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Ovabunda ainex
Ovabunda andamanensis
Xenie
Ovabunda arabica
Ovabunda benayahui
Ovabunda biseriata
Ovabunda crenata
Ovabunda faraunenesis
Ovabunda gohari
Ovabunda hamsina
Ovabunda impulsatilla
Weichkoralle
Ovabunda macrospiculata
Großspikel-Pumpkoralle
Ovabunda obscuronata
Ovabunda verseveldti
Weichkoralle

More related species in this lexicon:

Ovabunda faraunensis
Weichkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-04-27 13:27:37
Last edit:: 2014-04-27 13:27:37

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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(Gohar, 1940)

Synonymised names
Xenia macrospiculata Gohar, 1940 (synonym)

External links

Fotocommunity Holger Koch (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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