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Psammogorgia arbuscula Gorgonian

Psammogorgia arbuscula is commonly referred to as Gorgonian. Difficulty in the aquarium: 5 - Svår. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
13208 
AphiaID:
290855 
Scientific:
Psammogorgia arbuscula 
German:
Gorgonie 
English:
Gorgonian 
Category:
Hornkoraller (Gorgonier) 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Plexauridae (Family) > Psammogorgia (Genus) > arbuscula (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Verrill, ), 1866 
Occurrence:
El Salvador, Columbia, Costa Rica, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, Gulf of California, Hawaii, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, South-Pazific, West Coast USA 
Sea depth:
3 - 57 Meter 
Size:
up to 11.81" (30 cm) 
Temperature:
19,7 °F - 26,6 °F (19,7°C - 26,6°C) 
Food:
Zooxanthellae / Light 
Difficulty:
5 - Svår 
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:
2020-08-22 18:59:58 

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Psammogorgia arbuscula forms bush-like colonies with thin branches and twigs and branches up to eight times.
The coral is a real eye-catcher, the branches and twigs are dark red and the expanded polyps are bright yellow.

Psammogorgia arbuscula only occurs in the tropical East Pacific of Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico and El Salvador.

Imports are not available.

Synonyms:
Echinogorgia arbuscula Verrill, 1866
Psammogorgia arbuscula typica Kükenthal, 1924

Source:
Breedy O, Guzman HM (2020)
A revision of the genus Psammogorgia Verrill, 1868 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia) in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean.
ZooKeys 961: 1-30. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.961.54846
Open access article distributed under the terms of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication.

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