Dictyosphaeria ocellata Encrusting Bubble Algae

Dictyosphaeria ocellata is commonly referred to as Encrusting Bubble 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:

2310 

AphiaID:

145879 

Scientific:

Dictyosphaeria ocellata 

German:

Blasenalge 

English:

Encrusting Bubble Algae 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Plantae (Kingdom) > Chlorophyta (Phylum) > Ulvophyceae (Class) > Cladophorales (Order) > Siphonocladaceae (Family) > Dictyosphaeria (Genus) > ocellata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(M.A.Howe) Olsen-Stojkovich, 1985 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, China, Columbia, Cuba, European Coasts, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Martinique, North Atlantic Ocean, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Tansania, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Caribbean 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

up to 3.54" (9 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Photosynthesis, Zooxanthellae / Light 

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:

• 
  Dictyosphaeria cavernosa
  Grüne Blasenalge
• 
  Dictyosphaeria ocellata
  Blasenalge
• 
  Dictyosphaeria sp.
  Grünalge

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2007-07-12 13:17:29 

Last edit:

2021-05-24 18:14:43 

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