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Leptogorgia cuspidata Gorgonian

Leptogorgia cuspidatais commonly referred to as Gorgonian. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
14277 
AphiaID:
286226 
Scientific:
Leptogorgia cuspidata 
German:
Gorgonie 
English:
Gorgonian 
Category:
Sea Fans 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Gorgoniidae (Family) > Leptogorgia (Genus) > cuspidata (Species) 
Initial determination:
Verrill, 1865 
Occurrence:
El Salvador, Central America (Eastern Pacific), Costa Rica, Ecuador, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, San Salvador 
Sea depth:
3 - 20 Meter 
Size:
up to 14.57" (37 cm) 
Temperature:
80.06 °F - 84.38 °F (26.7°C - 29.1°C) 
Food:
azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Experts only! Very hard to keep 
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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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-11-28 12:19:52 

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Leptogorgia cuspidata is gorgonian that forms upright and bushy colonies.
Branching is sparse in small colonies and much more abundant in larger colonies. Branches arise from a single basal stem, which is usually flattened and conspicuously characterized by longitudinal stripes of dark purple and dark yellow coenenchyma.

Most colonies are dark purple in color and their polyp openings are surrounded by bright yellow rings.

Leptogorgia cuspidata resembles Leptogorgia rigida, Leptogorgia exigua, and Leptogorgia californica in the manner of branching, but the yellow or purple oval rings around the polyp mounds are sufficient to recognize Leptogorgia cuspidata, and to distinguish it from the other species.

Synonym: Gorgonia (Eugorgia) cuspidata (Verrill, 1865)

External links

  1. A revision of the genus Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in the eastern Pacific (en). Abgerufen am 27.11.2021.
  2. Community structure of shallow water Alcyonacea (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the southern Tropical Eastern Pacific (en). Abgerufen am 27.11.2021.
  3. Gorgonias (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) de las aguas someras del Pacífico Norte de Costa Rica (en). Abgerufen am 27.11.2021.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 27.11.2021.

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Foto: Nationalpark Coiba (Isla de Coiba), Panama

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