Laguncularia racemosa White Mangrove

Laguncularia racemosa is commonly referred to as White Mangrove. 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:

18202 

AphiaID:

235050 

Scientific:

Laguncularia racemosa 

German:

Weiße Mangrove 

English:

White Mangrove 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Plantae (Kingdom) > Tracheophyta (Phylum) > Magnoliopsida (Class) > Myrtales (Order) > Combretaceae (Family) > Laguncularia (Genus) > racemosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(L.) C.F.Gaertn., 0 

Occurrence:

Benin, El Salvador, Ghana, Suriname, Gambia, (the) Maldives, Angola, Belize, Brazil, Cameroon, Columbia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indian Ocean, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, North Atlantic Ocean, Panama, Peru, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South-Africa, Tansania, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, the Seychelles, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Mangrove Zones, Unconsolidated muddy grounds 

Size:

up to 787.4" (2000 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Photosynthesis 

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:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Laguncularia racemosa
  Weiße Mangrove

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-03-06 19:53:04 

Last edit:

2026-03-06 20:25:48 

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