Egidio Trainito, Italien
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Very special thanks for the great photo of all three morphotypes of Paramuricea macrospina (orange, red and yellow) from Skerki Banks, in the Strait of Sicily between Sicily and Tunisia, to Egidio Trainito from Italy!!
Paramuricea macrospina is sympatric with Eunicella cavolini (top) and Paramuricea clavata (below).
The coral shows not the typical habitus of Paramuricea macrospina, which is usually thinner and less colorful, this form seem to be common in Sicily Channel
Recommendation - the coral should be kept in a species-specific tank.
Feeding
The majority of gorgonians do not have zooxanthellae and do not live off light. Azooxanthellate gorgonians do not host symbiotic algae that produce nutrients and energy through photosynthesis.
The pumps should be switched off before feeding. In order for the gorgonian to survive in the aquarium, each individual polyp must be fed sufficiently, i.e. daily or 3-4 times a week. Without feeding, the gorgonian will not survive in the aquarium. The polyps need a certain amount of time to absorb the food (granules or dust food (Ultramarin, Cyclop Eeze) or frozen food (lobster eggs, mysis)). If shrimp and fish are present, they will try to steal the food, so it is essential to feed these cohabitants beforehand.
Newly introduced gorgonian sticks can be stimulated with a liquid food, e.g., PolypLab Polyp, to encourage the individual polyps to open. Only then can feeding be carried out.
The better the individual polyps take up the food provided, the better the growth and reproduction rates will be.
Azooxanthellate corals eat suspensions, marine snow, microplankton, and other organic matter, which is their natural food.
The coral ist a host of Anamenia gorgonophila (Kowalevsky, 1880)
Synonym: Muricea macrospina Koch, 1882
Source:
Jordi Grinyó · Núria Viladrich · David Díaz · Anabel Muñoz · Andrea Gori
Reproduction, energy storage and metabolic requirements in a mesophotic population of the gorgonian Paramuricea
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203308 September 26, 2018
Foto:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Paramuricea-macrospina-population-on-a-maerl-bed-on-the-Menorca-Channels-continental_fig1_327900647
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Paramuricea macrospina is sympatric with Eunicella cavolini (top) and Paramuricea clavata (below).
The coral shows not the typical habitus of Paramuricea macrospina, which is usually thinner and less colorful, this form seem to be common in Sicily Channel
Recommendation - the coral should be kept in a species-specific tank.
Feeding
The majority of gorgonians do not have zooxanthellae and do not live off light. Azooxanthellate gorgonians do not host symbiotic algae that produce nutrients and energy through photosynthesis.
The pumps should be switched off before feeding. In order for the gorgonian to survive in the aquarium, each individual polyp must be fed sufficiently, i.e. daily or 3-4 times a week. Without feeding, the gorgonian will not survive in the aquarium. The polyps need a certain amount of time to absorb the food (granules or dust food (Ultramarin, Cyclop Eeze) or frozen food (lobster eggs, mysis)). If shrimp and fish are present, they will try to steal the food, so it is essential to feed these cohabitants beforehand.
Newly introduced gorgonian sticks can be stimulated with a liquid food, e.g., PolypLab Polyp, to encourage the individual polyps to open. Only then can feeding be carried out.
The better the individual polyps take up the food provided, the better the growth and reproduction rates will be.
Azooxanthellate corals eat suspensions, marine snow, microplankton, and other organic matter, which is their natural food.
The coral ist a host of Anamenia gorgonophila (Kowalevsky, 1880)
Synonym: Muricea macrospina Koch, 1882
Source:
Jordi Grinyó · Núria Viladrich · David Díaz · Anabel Muñoz · Andrea Gori
Reproduction, energy storage and metabolic requirements in a mesophotic population of the gorgonian Paramuricea
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203308 September 26, 2018
Foto:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Paramuricea-macrospina-population-on-a-maerl-bed-on-the-Menorca-Channels-continental_fig1_327900647
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