Narella dichotoma Deep Sea Gorgonian

Narella dichotomais commonly referred to as Deep Sea Gorgonian. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL), Hawaii, USA

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AphiaID:: 286515

Scientific:: Narella dichotoma
German:: Tiefsee-Gorgonie
English:: Deep Sea Gorgonian

Category:: Sea Fans

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Primnoidae (Family) > Narella (Genus) > dichotoma (Species)
Initial determination:: (Versluys, ), 1906

Occurrence:: Central Pazific, Hawaii
Marine Zone:: Pelagial
Sea depth:: 730 - 1751 Meter
Temperature:: 3,56 °F - 41 °F (3,56°C - 5°C)
Food:: azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Marine snow, Plankton
Difficulty:: Cold water animal
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Narella abyssalis
Narella alaskensis
Narella alata
Tiefsee-Gorgonie
Narella allmani
Narella alvinae
Narella ambigua
Narella arbuscula
Narella bayeri
Narella bellissima
Narella biannulata
Narella bowersi
Tiefewasser-Gorgonie
Narella clavata
Narella compressa
Narella cristata
Narella dampieri
Narella dichotoma
Tiefsee-Gorgonie
Narella gaussi
Narella gigas
Tiefwasser-Gorgonie
Narella gilberti
Narella gilchristi
Narella grandiflora
Narella hawaiinensis
Narella horrida
Tiefwasser-Gorgonie
Narella hypsocalyx
Narella irregularis
Narella japonensis
Narella japonicus
Narella laxa
Narella leilae
Narella macrocalyx
Tiefwasser-Gorgonie
Narella megalepis
Narella mesolepis
Narella mosaica
Narella muzikae
Tiefwasser-Gorgonie
Narella obscura
Narella orientalis
Narella ornata
Narella parva
Narella pauciflora
Narella regularis
Narella spectabilis
Narella studeri
Narella vermifera
Tiefwasser-Gorgonie
Narella versluysi
Narella vulgaris

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-03-05 22:17:14
Last edit:: 2022-04-01 18:32:50

Info

At the moment we have to owe the size of the deep water gorgonian Narella dichotoma, which is found around Hawaiii.

In the first description by Dr. Bayer it is stated that commensal polychaetes or ophiuroids were not found on this species, but as can be clearly seen in the photos from HURL (Hawaiii Undersea Research Laboratory) this is not true in every case.

The commensal brittle star Ophiocreas caudatus Lyman, 1879, formerly Asteroschema caudatum (Lyman, 1879), occurs on this gorgonian.

Narella dichotoma is unique among Hawaiiian species as well as among all species in that it has vertical branching, resulting in a bushy colony.

Synonyms:
Narella nuttingi Bayer, 1997
Stachyodes dichotoma Versluys, 1906

External links

A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) (en). Abgerufen am 05.03.2022.
A new species of the gorgonacean Genus Narella (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from Hawaiian waters (en). Abgerufen am 05.03.2022.
A Review of the Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Hawai‘i and Adjacent Seamounts: The Genus Narella Gray, 18701 (en). Abgerufen am 05.03.2022.
An illustrated key to the species of the genus Narella (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Primnoidae) (en). Abgerufen am 17.04.2024.
Die Gorgoniden der Siboga-Expedition. II. Die Primnoidae. Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden (de). Abgerufen am 17.04.2024.
Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory Archive (en). Abgerufen am 05.03.2022.
Narella nuttingi, a new gorgonacean ococoral of the Family Primnoidae (Anthozoa) from the eastern Pacific (en). Abgerufen am 05.03.2022.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 05.03.2022.

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