Zonaria aureomarginata Brown Seaweed

Zonaria aureomarginata is commonly referred to as Brown Seaweed. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

14459 

AphiaID:

495268 

Scientific:

Zonaria aureomarginata 

German:

Braunalge 

English:

Brown Seaweed 

Category:

Bruine algen 

Family tree:

Chromista (Kingdom) > Ochrophyta (Phylum) > Phaeophyceae (Class) > Dictyotales (Order) > Dictyotaceae (Family) > Zonaria (Genus) > aureomarginata (Species) 

Initial determination:

J.A.Phillips & W.A.Nelson, 1998 

Occurrence:

Endemic species, New Zealand 

Sea depth:

1 - 5 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils, Tide pools / rock pools 

Size:

9.84" - 11.81" (25cm - 30cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Photosynthesis 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Zonaria angolensis
• Zonaria picta
• 
  Zonaria pyrum
  Birnenkauri
• Zonaria sanguinolenta
• Zonaria zonaria

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Zonaria aureomarginata
  Braunalge
• 
  Zonaria farlowii
  Braunalge

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2022-02-03 13:01:14 

Last edit:

2025-12-14 12:41:38 

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