Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: East Africa to Central Indo-Pacific Ocean.
Natural Environment: Found at various depths on reef slopes.
Aquarium Suitability: A beautiful species, however, not purposely collected for the trade.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Octocorallia
Order: Anlcyonacea
Suborder: Holaxonia
Family: Plexauridae
Genus: Euplexaura
FYI: Shown here only for identification only.
Best left in the wild.
If becoming available, would need a steady supply of plankton-like foodstuffs, swift water movement, and should be maintained in dim areas so as not to encourage algae growth.