Narella muzikae Deep Sea Gorgonian

Narella muzikaeis 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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Scientific:: Narella muzikae
German:: Tiefwasser-Gorgonie
English:: Deep Sea Gorgonian

Category:: Sea Fans

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Primnoidae (Family) > Narella (Genus) > muzikae (Species)
Initial determination:: Cairns & Bayer, 2008

Occurrence:: Endemic species, Hawaii
Sea depth:: 326 - 381 Meter
Size:: up to 9.06" (23 cm)
Food:: Copepods, Invertebrates, Marine snow, Zooplankton
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:: 2022-05-01 20:37:10
Last edit:: 2022-05-01 22:13:09

Info

Narella muzikae is known only from Hawaii'i and the adjacent seamounts.

The largest coral, the holotype, had a height of 23 cm and a width of 18 cm.

Similar species: Narella muzikae is most similar to Narella regularis,

Remarks:
Commensal polychaetes and ophiuroids were not found on this species.

Etymology:
This species is named in honor of in honor of Katherine (Katy) M. Muzik, as a tribute to her research on Hawaiiian octocorals (Muzik 1978, 1979), and also as a collector of the holotype.

External links

A Generic Revision and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Primnoidae (en). Abgerufen am 01.05.2022.
A Review of the Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Hawai‘i and Adjacent Seamounts: The Genus Narella Gray, 1870 (en). Abgerufen am 01.05.2022.
Hawaiʻi Undersea Research Lab (HURL) (en). Abgerufen am 01.05.2022.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 01.05.2022.

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