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Leptogorgia alba Gorgonia

Leptogorgia albais commonly referred to as Gorgonia. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 240 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. Odalisca Breedy, Panama

Foto: Punta Maria, Kokosinsel


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lexID:
12617 
AphiaID:
0 
Scientific:
Leptogorgia alba 
German:
Gorgonie 
English:
Gorgonia 
Category:
Sea Fans 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Gorgoniidae (Family) > Leptogorgia (Genus) > alba (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Duchassaing & Michelotti, ), 1864 
Occurrence:
El Salvador, Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Abrolhos Archipelago, Costa Rica, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama 
Sea depth:
7,5 - 42 Meter 
Size:
3.94" - 5.91" (10cm - 15cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Brine Shrimps, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Invertebrates 
Tank:
52.79 gal (~ 240L)  
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2019-12-11 21:17:20 

Info

Source:
Octocorals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) of Isla del Coco, Costa Rica
Breedy, Odalisca & Cortés, Jorge. (2008). Octocorals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) of Isla del Coco, Costa Rica.
Biol. Trop. (Int. J. Trop. Biol. 56. 71-77.

External links

  1. A Revision Of The Genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata : Octocorallia : Gorgoniidae) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. A revision of the genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata:Octocorallia:Gorgoniidae) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Gorgonias (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) de las aguas someras del Pacífico Norte de Costa Rica (en). Abgerufen am 16.11.2021.
  4. New records of the genera Leptogorgia, Pacifigorgiaand Eugorgia(Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from Ecuador, with a description of a new species (en). Abgerufen am 09.01.2022.
  5. Octocorals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) of Isla del Coco, Costa Rica (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  6. Survival, growth, and recruitment of octocoral species (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) in Coiba National Park, Pacific Panama (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  7. Survival, growth, and recruitment of octocoral species (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) in Coiba National Park, Pacific Panama (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  8. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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