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Acanthogorgia sp. gorgonian sea fan

Acanthogorgia sp.is commonly referred to as gorgonian sea fan. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully.


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lexID:
3651 
AphiaID:
Scientific:
Acanthogorgia sp. 
German:
Fächergorgonie 
English:
Gorgonian Sea Fan 
Category:
Sea Fans 
Family tree:
Acanthogorgia (Genus) > sp. (Species) 
Occurrence:
Australia, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Western Pacific Ocean 
Size:
up to 10.63" (27 cm) 
Temperature:
73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Food specialist, Plankton 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Acanthogorgia aldabra
  • Acanthogorgia angustiflora
  • Acanthogorgia aspera
  • Acanthogorgia atlantica
  • Acanthogorgia augusta
  • Acanthogorgia australiensis
  • Acanthogorgia bocki
  • Acanthogorgia boninensis
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2011-04-25 09:58:53 

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Acanthogorgia sp.

This gorgonian sea fan feeds planctonic food.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Holaxonia (Suborder) > Acanthogorgiidae (Family) > Acanthogorgia (Genus)

External links

  1. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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