Annella mollis Giant gorgonian Sea Fan, Gorgonian fan, Giant Sea Fan

Annella mollisis commonly referred to as Giant gorgonian Sea Fan, Gorgonian fan, Giant Sea Fan. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

769 

AphiaID:

520669 

Scientific:

Annella mollis 

German:

Hickson´s Riesenfächer oder Fächerkoralle 

English:

Giant Gorgonian Sea Fan, Gorgonian Fan, Giant Sea Fan 

Category:

Sea Fans 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Subergorgiidae (Family) > Annella (Genus) > mollis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Nutting, ), 1910 

Occurrence:

El Salvador, American Samoa, Arafura Sea, Australia, Bali, Bikini Atoll, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Marschall Islands, New Caledonia, Northern Territory (Australia), Okinawa, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Singapore, Taiwan, the Caribbean, The Ryukyu Islands, Timor Sea, Tulamben 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

5 - 40 Meter 

Size:

up to 78.74" (200 cm) 

Temperature:

3,6 °F - 28,7 °F (3,6°C - 28,7°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Copepods, Dustfood , Lobster eggs, Marine snow, Plankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Annella mollis
  Hickson´s Riesenfächer oder Fächerkoralle
• 
  Annella reticulata
  Gorgonie

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-17 08:32:45 

Last edit:

2019-08-21 18:38:34 

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