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By Bob Goemans
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Family Plexauridae

Plexaurella nutans

(Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)

Giant Slit-Pore Sea Rod

Likely Reef Tank Suitable

Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable

Range: Western Atlantic Ocean: Florida, Caribbean, and the Bahamas.

Natural Environment: Inhabits isolated patch reefs and fore-reef slopes and can attain 5 foot (1.5 m) heights and usually seen in depths down to about 150 feet (45 m).

Aquarium Suitability: Not normally collected for the trade.

Yet in aquaria, would require bright light for its photosynthetic algae, excellent water movement, and zooplankton feedings. Would be a difficult species to maintain long term.

Taxonomy:

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Cnidaria

    Class: Anthozoa

    Subclass: Octocorallia

    Order: Anlcyonacea

    Suborder: Holaxonia

    Family: Plexauridae

    Genus: Plexaurrella

FYI: Shown here only for identification only.

 Plexaurella nutans (Giant Slit-Pore Sea Rod)
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