Maripelta rotata Red alga

Maripelta rotata is commonly referred to as Red alga. 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:

10533 

AphiaID:

372775 

Scientific:

Maripelta rotata 

German:

Rotalge 

English:

Red Alga 

Category:

Red algae 

Family tree:

Plantae (Kingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Rhodymeniales (Order) > Rhodymeniaceae (Family) > Maripelta (Genus) > rotata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(E.Y.Dawson) E.Y.Dawson, 1963 

Occurrence:

Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, USA 

Sea depth:

15 - 4070 Meter 

Size:

up to 0.79" (2 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 69.8 °F (°C - 21°C) 

Food:

Photosynthesis 

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) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Maripelta rotata
  Rotalge

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-03-12 22:49:51 

Last edit:

2017-03-15 17:57:58 

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