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Metallogorgia melanotrichos

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lexID:
12534 
AphiaID:
125355 
Scientific:
Metallogorgia melanotrichos 
German:
Tiefsee-Gorgonie 
English:
Deep Sea Fan, Deep Sea Coral, Deep Sea Pen, Pink Parasol Coral 
Category:
Gorgonier 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Chrysogorgiidae (Family) > Metallogorgia (Genus) > melanotrichos (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Wright & Studer, ), 1889 
Occurrence:
Kingman Reef, East China Sea, Western Australia, East cost of USA, North Pacific (Ocean), Palmyra Atoll, Azorerne, Bahamas, Caribien, Europæiske kyster, Hawaii, Middelhavet, New Zealand, Nordlige Atlanterhav, Spanien, Vestlige Atlanterhav 
Sea depth:
277 - 1813 Meter 
Size:
bis zu 100cm 
Temperature:
2,3°C - 13°C 
Food:
Copepods, Marine snow, Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
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:
2020-04-29 09:22:02 

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Close association with ophiuroid echinoderm Ophiocreas oedipus

Synonym: Chrysogorgia squarrosa (Wright & Studer, 1889)

External links

  1. Deep Sea News - Coral and Brittle Stars, Together Forever - (en)
  2. Deep-sea octocorals and antipatharians showno evidence of seamount-scale endemism in theNW Atlantic (en)
  3. Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi)
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en)

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