Eugorgia rubens Purple Gorgonian

Eugorgia rubens is commonly referred to as Purple Gorgonian. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

10532 

AphiaID:

289935 

Scientific:

Eugorgia rubens 

German:

Lilafarbene Gorgonie 

English:

Purple Gorgonian 

Category:

Hornkoraller (Gorgonier) 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Gorgoniidae (Family) > Eugorgia (Genus) > rubens (Species) 

Initial determination:

Verrill, 1868 

Occurrence:

Canada Eastern Pacific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Mexico (East Pacific), Peru, Revillagigedo Islands, South America, USA, West Coast USA 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

24 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

11.81" - 15.75" (30cm - 40cm) 

Temperature:

9,1 °F - 21,6 °F (9,1°C - 21,6°C) 

Food:

Dissolved organic substances, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Eugorgia alba
• Eugorgia ampla
• Eugorgia aurantiaca
• Eugorgia beebei
• Eugorgia bradleyi
• 
  Eugorgia daniana
  Rote Gorgonie
• Eugorgia excelsa
• Eugorgia multifida
• Eugorgia mutabilis
• Eugorgia nobilis
• Eugorgia panamensis
• Eugorgia purpurascens
• Eugorgia querciformis
• 
  Eugorgia rubens
  Lilafarbene Gorgonie
• Eugorgia siedenburgae
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Eugorgia sp.
  Hornkoralle oder Gorgonie
• 
  Eugorgia wilkiei
  Gorgonie

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-03-12 21:52:46 

Last edit:

2025-01-17 13:13:28 

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