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By Bob Goemans
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Family Acanthogorgiidae

Muricella plectana

Grasshoff, 1999

Knotted Sea Fan

Likely Reef Tank Suitable

Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean

Natural Environment: Found at various depths on reef slopes.

Aquarium Suitability: A beautiful species, however, not seen in the trade.

Taxonomy:

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Cnidaria

    Class: Anthozoa

    Subclass: Octocorallia

    Order: Anlcyonacea

    Suborder: Holaxonia

    Family: Acanthogorgiidae

    Genus: Acalycigorgia

FYI: Shown here only for identification only.

Best left in the wild.

 Muricella plectana (Knotted Sea Fan)
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