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Eunicea asperula Knobby Candelabra

Eunicea asperula is commonly referred to as Knobby Candelabra. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
5833 
AphiaID:
283234 
Scientific:
Eunicea asperula 
German:
Pickelgorgonie 
English:
Knobby Candelabra 
Category:
Sea Fans 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Plexauridae (Family) > Eunicea (Genus) > asperula (Species) 
Initial determination:
Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 
Occurrence:
Canada Eastern Pacific, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico (East Pacific), the Netherlands Antilles, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Sea depth:
10 - 100 Meter 
Size:
5.91" - 11.81" (15cm - 30cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
109.99 gal (~ 500L)  
Difficulty:
Average 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-12-30 15:33:44 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1857

Color: Gray to black with brown polyps

Habitat: Leeward side of reef terraces, upper reef slopes .

External links

  1. Harald´s Gorgonien-Lexikon (de) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Interactive Identification Guide to South Florida Octocorals (en). Abgerufen am 30.12.2020.
  3. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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