Eugorgia daniana Red Gorgonian, Red Sea Fan

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

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lexID:: 13012
AphiaID:: 289930

Scientific:: Eugorgia daniana
German:: Rote Gorgonie
English:: Red Gorgonian, Red Sea Fan

Category:: Gorgonie

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Gorgoniidae (Family) > Eugorgia (Genus) > daniana (Species)
Initial determination:: Verrill, 1868

Occurrence:: Central America (Eastern Pacific), Columbia, Costa Rica, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Panama, Peru, South America (East Pacific), South-Pazific
Sea depth:: 11 - 30 Meter
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 77 °F (22°C - 25°C)
Food:: azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Invertebrates, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
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

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2020-05-09 16:55:18
Last edit:: 2020-05-18 11:41:27

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Synonym: Leptogorgia daniana (Verrill, 1868)

A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, Calcaxonia – Part II: Species of Holaxonia, families Gorgoniidae and Plexauridae.
Authors: Elizabeth Anne Horvath, James Davis Reimer
ZooKeys 860: 67-182. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.860.33597

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A field guide to corals and other radiates of Galápagos (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, Calcaxonia – Part II: Species of Holaxonia, families Gorgoniidae and Plexaurida (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Charles Darwin Faundation Galapagos (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Gorgonias (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) de las aguas someras del Pacífico Norte de Costa Rica (en). Abgerufen am 16.11.2021.
Octocorals in the Galapagos Islands (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Star Net Basket Sea Star, Astrodictyum panamense (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Two new species of gorgonian octocorals from the Tropical Eastern Pacific Biogeographic Region (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Gorgoniidae) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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