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Euafricana wirtzi Euafricana wirtzi

Euafricana wirtzi is commonly referred to as Euafricana wirtzi. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


Profilbild Urheber Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz, Madeira

Africana wirtzi (c) by Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz


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lexID:
9317 
AphiaID:
1599255 
Scientific:
Euafricana wirtzi 
German:
Steinkoralle 
English:
Euafricana Wirtzi 
Category:
Coralli duri LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Euafricana (Genus) > wirtzi (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Ocaña & Brito, ), 2015 
Occurrence:
East-Atlantic Ocean, Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, West Africa 
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:
0 - 10 Meter 
Size:
up to 1.97" (5 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
33 gal (~ 150L)  
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-08-14 19:28:57 

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Euafricana wirtzi (Ocaña & Brito, 2015)

Several species of Actiniaria and Scleractinia have been searched and collected along theWesternAfrican coast and some of its archipelagos. This paper constitutes the first part of an extensive paper and it is focused on Morocco and Cape Verde, although some material and images from other spots (Canary Islands, Madeira, Gabon or even Mauritania) are included.

original description Ocana, O., J. C. den Hartog, A. Brito, L. Morro, R. Herrara, J. Martin, A. Ramos, E. Ballesteros & J. J. Bacallado. (2015). A survey on Anthozoa and its habitats along the northwest African coast and some islands: new records, descriptions of new taxa and biogeographical, ecological and taxonomical comments. part 1. Rev. Acad. Canar. Cienc. 27: 9-66.
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Synonymised names:
Africana wirtzi Ocaña & Brito, 2015 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

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