Damien Brouste
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First of all we would like to thank Damien Brouste, New Caledonia, for his great photo of Acanthogorgia spinosa!
The description by Grasshoff in “The shallow water gorgonians of New Caledonia and adjacent islands (Coelenterata, Octocorallia) contains the following information about the coral on page 22: The coral is irregularly branched in all directions and forms a meshwork of thin spiny filaments; many spiny stars are present on the coenenchyma.
Grasshoff describes the color of living coral as “orange”.
Acanthogorgia spinosa was first described from New Britain, Papua New Guinea, then from New Caledonia.
In 2014, a discovery report was published in the “Handbook on Gorgonians (Octocorallia) of Andaman and Nicobar Islands”, a photo of the species is shown on page 52. however, a blue coral, different color morphs are known from many corals, but other publications deny the occurrence of the species in Indian waters.
For the occurrences Myanmar, Queensland, Australia, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Bahrain we have deposited evidence under the further links.
Acanthogorgia spinosa is an azooxanthellate coral that occupies sites with a continuous current in order to receive regular food.
Reports of Acanthogorgia spinosa come mainly from reef bottoms in reef channels.
The coral is not monitored on the international IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, but is monitored at the national level in the Journal of Threatened Taxa, India, see the link below.
The species epithet “spinosa” means “prickly”, see above.
The description by Grasshoff in “The shallow water gorgonians of New Caledonia and adjacent islands (Coelenterata, Octocorallia) contains the following information about the coral on page 22: The coral is irregularly branched in all directions and forms a meshwork of thin spiny filaments; many spiny stars are present on the coenenchyma.
Grasshoff describes the color of living coral as “orange”.
Acanthogorgia spinosa was first described from New Britain, Papua New Guinea, then from New Caledonia.
In 2014, a discovery report was published in the “Handbook on Gorgonians (Octocorallia) of Andaman and Nicobar Islands”, a photo of the species is shown on page 52. however, a blue coral, different color morphs are known from many corals, but other publications deny the occurrence of the species in Indian waters.
For the occurrences Myanmar, Queensland, Australia, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Bahrain we have deposited evidence under the further links.
Acanthogorgia spinosa is an azooxanthellate coral that occupies sites with a continuous current in order to receive regular food.
Reports of Acanthogorgia spinosa come mainly from reef bottoms in reef channels.
The coral is not monitored on the international IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, but is monitored at the national level in the Journal of Threatened Taxa, India, see the link below.
The species epithet “spinosa” means “prickly”, see above.
