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Heteroxenia elisabethae Xenia

Heteroxenia elisabethae is commonly referred to as Xenia. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Prof. Michael Schleyer, Südafrika

Foto: Madagaskar, Westlicher Indischer Ozean


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lexID:
16445 
AphiaID:
210005 
Scientific:
Heteroxenia elisabethae 
German:
Pilz-Xenie 
English:
Xenia 
Category:
Soft Corals 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Octocorallia (Class) > Malacalcyonacea (Order) > Xeniidae (Family) > Heteroxenia (Genus) > elisabethae (Species) 
Initial determination:
Kölliker, 1874 
Occurrence:
Suez-Kanal, Borneo (Kalimantan), Caroline Island, Cebu ((Philippines), China, East Africa, Eastern Indian Ocean, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mozambique, North Pacific (Ocean), Okinawa, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Tansania, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean, Zanzibar 
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:
Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Reef roofs, Reef canopies 
Size:
up to 3.94" (10 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 28,5 °F (24°C - 28,5°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Suspension feeder, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
22 gal (~ 100L)  
Difficulty:
Easy 
Offspring:
Easy to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-04-22 10:07:36 

Captive breeding / propagation

Heteroxenia elisabethae is easy to breed. There are offspring in the trade available. If you are interested in Heteroxenia elisabethae, please contact us at Your dealer for a progeny instead of a wildcat. You help to protect the natural stocks.

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The distribution of the pumping Heteroxenia elisabethae should be significantly larger than shown in various literature / websites (for some examples, see the book by Dr. Bodo-Götz Reinecke "Xeniidae des Rotes Meeres" ISBN 3894320885.

Exact data on the water depth of Heteroxenia elisabethae could not be determined, therefore derived on the basis of the occurrence "reef top".
Heteroxenia elisabethae have autozooids that can capture food with the lophophore (suspension feeders), siphonozooids that pump water into the animal and thus probably supply it with oxygen (dimorphism).

Color: orange-nut-brown.

Reproduction; Sexual (after internal fertilization, planula larvae develop and are released) and asexual through stolon formation = daughter colonies.

Parasite: Copepod Acanthomolgus verseveldti (Humes & Ho, 1968)

Synonyms:
Heteroxenia elizabethae Koelliker, 1874
Xenia elisabethae (Kölliker, 1874)

External links

  1. Alcyonaria des Roten Meeres (de). Abgerufen am 22.04.2024.
  2. Community Corals (de). Abgerufen am 22.04.2024.
  3. Die Pennatulide Umbellula und zwei neue Typen der Alcyonarien (de). Abgerufen am 21.04.2024.
  4. Octocorals (Coelenterata:Octocorallia) in the collection of Department of Marine Sciences, the University of the Ryukyus (Part 1) (en). Abgerufen am 22.04.2024.
  5. Some xeniid alcyonarians from japan and adjacent localities (en). Abgerufen am 21.04.2024.
  6. The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Stoloniferous octocorals and soft corals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa) (en). Abgerufen am 22.04.2024.
  7. The alcyonarian family Xeniidae, with a revision of the genera and species. Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 (en). Abgerufen am 22.04.2024.
  8. Versuch einer Revision der Alcyonarien. I. Die Familie der Xeniiden, Seite (en). Abgerufen am 21.04.2024.

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Foto: Madagaskar, Westlicher Indischer Ozean
Foto: Madagaskar, Westlicher Indischer Ozean

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