Amphiroa rigida Twig algae, red algae

Amphiroa rigida is commonly referred to as Twig algae, red algae. 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:

5991 

AphiaID:

145100 

Scientific:

Amphiroa rigida 

German:

Gabel-Rotalge 

English:

Twig Algae, Red Algae 

Category:

Red algae 

Family tree:

Plantae (Kingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Corallinales (Order) > Lithophyllaceae (Family) > Amphiroa (Genus) > rigida (Species) 

Initial determination:

J.V.Lamouroux, 1816 

Occurrence:

Ghana, Tunesien, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Algeria, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Azores, Belize, Brazil, Cameroon, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Egypt, European Coasts, Fiji, Florida, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Laccadive Sea, Mauritius, Morocco, Nicaragua, Philippines, Réunion , Singapore, South-Africa, Tansania, The Bahamas, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea, The Shetland Islands (Scotland) 

Sea depth:

0 - 5 Meter 

Size:

1.97" - 3.15" (5cm - 8cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Photosynthesis 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Amphiroa ephedraea
  Koralline Rotalge
• 
  Amphiroa foliacea
  Rotalge
• 
  Amphiroa rigida
  Gabel-Rotalge

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-09-01 21:42:14 

Last edit:

2017-05-22 20:31:13 

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