Dendostrea frons Frond oyster

Dendostrea frons is commonly referred to as Frond oyster. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7269 

AphiaID:

420779 

Scientific:

Dendostrea frons 

German:

Wedelauster 

English:

Frond Oyster 

Category:

Sea Shells 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Ostreida (Order) > Ostreidae (Family) > Dendostrea (Genus) > frons (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Belize, Central Atlantic, Central Pazific, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Philippines, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Netherlands Antilles, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

0 - 104 Meter 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton 

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:

• Dendostrea cristata
• 
  Dendostrea folium
  Blatt-Auster
• 
  Dendostrea frons
  Wedelauster
• Dendostrea rosacea
• Dendostrea sandvichensis
• Dendostrea senegalensis
• Dendostrea trapezina

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-06-28 17:52:52 

Last edit:

2014-06-28 17:52:52 

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