Melithaea sp. 02 Melithaea sp.

Melithaea sp. 02 is commonly referred to as Melithaea sp.. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Melithaea sp. 02
German:: Seefächer
English:: Melithaea Sp.

Category:: Sea Fans

Family tree:: Melithaea (Genus) > sp. 02 (Species)

Occurrence:: Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Philippines, Western Pacific Ocean
Size:: up to 39.37" (100 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 78.8 °F (22°C - 26°C)
Food:: Dustfood , Food specialist, Plankton, Zooplankton
Tank:: 44 gal (~ 200L)
Difficulty:: Experts only! Very hard to keep
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Melithaea acuta
Melithaea africana
Melithaea akalyx
Melithaea albitincta
Melithaea amboinensis
Melithaea andamanensis
Melithaea arborea
Melithaea atrorubens
Melithaea aurantia
Melithaea australis
Melithaea baladea
Melithaea bicolor
Seefächer
Melithaea biserialis
Seefächer
Melithaea boninensis
Melithaea braueri
Melithaea caledonica
Seefächer
Melithaea capensis
Melithaea cinquemiglia
Melithaea clavigera
Melithaea coccinea
Melithaea contorta
Melithaea corymbosa
Melithaea delicata
Gorgonie
Melithaea dichotoma
Melithaea divaricata
Melithaea doederleini
Melithaea dubia
Melithaea ellisi
Melithaea elongata
Melithaea erythraea
Melithaea esperi
Melithaea flabellata
Melithaea flabellum
Melithaea formosa
Melithaea fragilis
Melithaea frondosa
Melithaea furcata
Melithaea gracilis
Melithaea gracillima
Melithaea haddoni
Melithaea harbereri
Melithaea hendersoni
Melithaea hicksoni
Melithaea isonoi
Melithaea japonica
Flachwasser Gorgonie
Melithaea klunzingeri
Melithaea kuea
Melithaea laevis
Melithaea linearis
Melithaea mabahissi
Melithaea maldivensis
Malediven-Netzfächer
Melithaea mcqueeni
Pracht-Netzfächer
Melithaea mertoni
Melithaea modesta
Melithaea moluccana
Melithaea mutsu
Melithaea nodosa
Seefächer
Melithaea nuttingi
Melithaea occidentalis
Melithaea ochracea
Roter Knotenfächer, Rote Fächergorgonie, Roter Riesen-Knotenfächer
Melithaea omanensis
Melithaea ornata
Melithaea ouvea
Melithaea oyeni
Melithaea philippinensis
Melithaea planiloca
Melithaea planoregularis
Melithaea pulchella
Melithaea pulchra
Melithaea ramulosa
Melithaea retifera
Melithaea robusta
Melithaea roemeri
Melithaea rubeola
Melithaea rubra
Mehrfarben-Seefächer
Melithaea rubrinodis
Busch-Knotenkoralle
Melithaea rugosa
Melithaea ryukyuensis
Melithaea sagamiensis
Melithaea sanguinea
Melithaea satsumaensis
Melithaea serrata
Melithaea shanni
Melithaea sinaica
Sinai-Netzfächer, Kalkachsenkoralle
Melithaea singularis
Melithaea sinuata
Melithaea spinosa
Melithaea splendens
Melithaea spongiosa
Melithaea squamata
Schuppiger Riesenfächer
Melithaea squarrosa
Melithaea stiasnyi
Melithaea stormii
Melithaea studeri
Melithaea suensoni
Melithaea superba
Melithaea tanseii
Melithaea tenella
Melithaea tenuis
Melithaea textiformis
Melithaea thomsoni
Melithaea thorpeae
Melithaea tokaraensis
Melithaea tongaensis
Melithaea triangulata
Melithaea trilineata
Melithaea undulata
Melithaea valdiviae
Melithaea variabilis
Knotiger Seefächer
Melithaea virgata
Melithaea wrighti
Melithaea zimmeri
Zimmer's Fächerkoralle

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-06-02 11:27:21
Last edit:: 2013-06-02 11:27:21

Info

Melithaea is a genus of corals in the family Melithaeidae. Members of the genus are commonly known as fan corals and are found in the tropical Indo-Pacific region

Members of this genus do not have the unicellular symbiotic algae Zooxanthellae in their tissues that many other corals do. Colonies vary in colour but tend to be shades of yellow, orange, red and brown

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus:

Melithaea africana (Kükenthal, 1908)
Melithaea albitincta (Ridley, 1884)
Melithaea arborea (Kükenthal, 1908)
Melithaea caledonica Grasshoff, 1999
Melithaea densa (Kükenthal, 1908)
Melithaea esperi (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Melithaea flabellata (Gray, 1870)
Melithaea flabellifera (Kükenthal, 1908)
Melithaea flabellum (Thomson & Mackinnon, 1910)
Melithaea fragilis (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Melithaea laevis (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Melithaea linearis (Gray, 1870)
Melithaea mertoni (Kükenthal, 1909)
Melithaea modesta (Nutting, 1911)
Melithaea moluccana (Kükenthal, 1896)
Melithaea mutsu (Minobe, 1929)
Melithaea nodosa (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Melithaea occidentalis Duchassaing, 1870
Melithaea ochracea (Linnaeus, 1785)
Melithaea ornata (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)
Melithaea pulchella (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)
Melithaea rugosa (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Melithaea splendens (Nutting, 1911)
Melithaea squamat (Nutting, 1911)
Melithaea squamosa Nutting
Melithaea stormii (Studer, 1895)
Melithaea sulfurea (Studer, 1895)
Melithaea tenella (Dana, 1846)
Melithaea thomsoni (Broch, 1916)
Melithaea variabilis (Hickson, 1905)
Melithaea virgata (Verrill, 1846)

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Octocorallia
Order: Alcyonacea
Suborder: Scleraxonia
Family: Melithaeidae
Genus: Melithaea
Milne-Edwards, 1857

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Harald´s Gorgonien-Lexikon (de) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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