eastern cape scuba diving
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| Scientific name: |
Acabaria rubra |
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| Common name: |
Multicoloured sea fan |
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| Taxonomy |
| Phyulm |
Sub Phylum |
Class |
Sub Class |
Order |
Sub Order |
Family |
Sub Family |
Genus |
Species |
| Cnidaria |
Anthozoa |
Anthozoa |
Alcyonaria |
Gorgonacea |
Scleraxonia |
Melithaeidae |
Not Defined |
Acabaria |
Acabaria rubra |
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| Yellow multicoloured sea fan |
Yellow multicoloured sea fan |
Orange multicoloured sea fan |
Red multicoloured sea fan |
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Short Description:
Cylindrical stems Stems often tangled and joined.Colours very diverse,white polyps on red stems,yellow polyps on white stems,orange polyps on yellow stems,red polyps on red stems.
Previously known as Wrightella coccinea
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Identification
features: |
Cylindrical stems :1-4mm wide and 100mm long |
| Size: |
500mm |
| Behaviour: |
They have been described as moving conveyer belts of tissue, with new tissue forming at one end and continuously leaving at the other |
| Diet: |
Filterfeeders |
| Distribution: |
Capetown to East Londen |
| Depth: |
1-160m |
| Habitat: |
Found beneath overhangs , perpendicular to waterflow Intertidal pools and rocky reefs |
| Reference: |
- Two Oceans
(A guide to the marine life of Southern Africa)
GM Branch;CL Griffiths;ML Branch;LE Beckley
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