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Leptogorgia waltonae Sea fan

Leptogorgia waltonae is commonly referred to as Sea fan. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Foto: Revillagigedo, Mexiko, Pazifischen Ozean

Foto von Dr. Osvaldo Hernández González Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas (IPN-CICIMAR) Programa para la Conservación de la Fauna Arrecifal (PFA)
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lexID:
12263 
AphiaID:
1264294 
Scientific:
Leptogorgia waltonae 
German:
Gorgonie 
English:
Sea Fan 
Category:
Gorgonier 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Gorgoniidae (Family) > Leptogorgia (Genus) > waltonae (Species) 
Initial determination:
Olvera, Hernández, Sánchez & Gómez-Gutiérrez, 2018 
Occurrence:
Endemic species, Mexico (East Pacific), Revillagigedo Islands 
Sea depth:
0 - 1025 Meter 
Size:
0.39" - 1.57" (1,7cm - 4,5cm) 
Temperature:
73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Invertebrates, Suspension feeder, Zooplankton 
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:
2019-07-26 13:31:38 

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Source:
Olvera, U.; Hernández, O.; Sánchez, C.; Gómez-Gutiérrez, J. (2018)
Two new endemic species of Gorgoniidae (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia) from Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico.
Zootaxa. 4442(4): 523.,

External links

  1. Harald´s Gorgonien-Lexikon (de) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Two new endemic species of Gorgoniidae (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia) from Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Foto: Revillagigedo, Mexiko, Pazifischen Ozean
Foto: Revillagigedo, Mexiko, Pazifischen Ozean
Foto: Revillagigedo, Mexiko, Pazifischen Ozean

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