Botryocladia occidentalis Bubble-Algae

Botryocladia occidentalis is commonly referred to as Bubble-Algae. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

4926 

AphiaID:

145840 

Scientific:

Botryocladia occidentalis 

German:

Kugelalgen 

English:

Bubble-Algae 

Category:

Red algae 

Family tree:

Plantae (Kingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Rhodymeniales (Order) > Rhodymeniaceae (Family) > Botryocladia (Genus) > occidentalis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Børgesen) Kylin, 1931 

Occurrence:

Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico (East Pacific), USA 

Temperature:

68 °F - 86 °F (20°C - 30°C) 

Food:

Photosynthesis 

Difficulty:

Easy 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Botryocladia botryoides
  Rote Traubenalge
• 
  Botryocladia kuckuckii
  Blasen-Rotalge
• 
  Botryocladia leptopoda
  Rotalge
• 
  Botryocladia occidentalis
  Kugelalgen
• 
  Botryocladia pseudodichotoma
  Rotalge
• 
  Botryocladia skottsbergii
  Rotalge

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-12-30 19:48:44 

Last edit:

2012-12-30 19:48:44 

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