Pinnigorgia flava Yellow Sea Rod, Grube’s Gorgonian

Pinnigorgia flava is commonly referred to as Yellow Sea Rod, Grube’s Gorgonian. Difficulty in the aquarium: 2 - Enkel. A aquarium size of at least 240 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3778 

AphiaID:

517763 

Scientific:

Pinnigorgia flava 

German:

Gelbe Seerute, Gelbe Federgornonie, Grubes Gorgonie  

English:

Yellow Sea Rod, Grube’s Gorgonian 

Category:

Hornkoraller (Gorgonier) 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Gorgoniidae (Family) > Pinnigorgia (Genus) > flava (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Nutting, ), 1910 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Australia, Great Barrier Reef, Indo Pacific, Indo-Pacific coral triangle, Palau, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Sulawesi, Timor Sea, Western Australia 

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:

- 22 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

52.79 gal (~ 240L)  

Difficulty:

2 - Enkel 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Pinnigorgia flava
  Gelbe Seerute, Gelbe Federgornonie, Grubes Gorgonie
• Pinnigorgia perroteti
• Pinnigorgia platystoma

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pinnigorgia sp.
  Hornkoralle - Gorgonie

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-07-13 11:12:31 

Last edit:

2024-05-24 18:59:57 

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