Xenia Pulse Coral

Cespitularia erecta

Summary 2

Cespitularia is a genus of soft corals in the Xeniidae family.

Habitat 3

Depth range based on 284 specimens in 6 taxa.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 147 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 1 - 28.5
  Temperature range (°C): 24.643 - 27.051
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.015 - 0.923
  Salinity (PPS): 34.941 - 35.423
  Oxygen (ml/l): 4.573 - 4.853
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.081 - 0.194
  Silicate (umol/l): 0.810 - 3.272

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 1 - 28.5

Temperature range (°C): 24.643 - 27.051

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.015 - 0.923

Salinity (PPS): 34.941 - 35.423

Oxygen (ml/l): 4.573 - 4.853

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.081 - 0.194

Silicate (umol/l): 0.810 - 3.272
 
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Sources and Credits

  1. (c) North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher, all rights reserved, uploaded by North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cespitularia
  3. Adapted by North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher from a work by Public Domain, http://eol.org/data_objects/17344570

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