Parastenella bayeri Deep Water Gorgonian

Parastenella bayeri is commonly referred to as Deep Water Gorgonian. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL), Hawaii, USA

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Scientific:: Parastenella bayeri
German:: Tiefwasser-Gorgonie
English:: Deep Water Gorgonian

Category:: Gorgonie

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Primnoidae (Family) > Parastenella (Genus) > bayeri (Species)
Initial determination:: Cairns, 2010

Occurrence:: Hawaii
Sea depth:: - 517 Meter
Size:: up to 11.02" (28 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 6,98 °F (°C - 6,98°C)
Food:: azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Invertebrates, Marine snow, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Cold water animal
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Parastenella aequatoriensis
Parastenella atlantica
Parastenella bayeri
Tiefwasser-Gorgonie
Parastenella callisthenis-fasciculatae
Parastenella doederleini
Parastenella gupoyu
Parastenella gymnogaster
Parastenella magnoliae
Parastenella pacifica
Parastenella ramosa
Parastenella spinosa

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-03-31 20:18:01
Last edit:: 2022-04-03 17:34:15

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Parastenella bayeri is a rather small deep-water gorgonian that also occurs in lightless marine zones and depends on plankton capture because there is not enough light for photosynthesis at these depths.
In addition to live microplankton are captured and digested on marine snow.

Etymology: Named in honor of Dr. Frederck M. Bayer, the describer of most Hawaiiian primnoid species.
Here are the links to his descriptions:

Part 1: The genus Narella Gray, 18701.
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/A-Review-of-the-Octocorallia-(Cnidaria%3A-Anthozoa)-Cairns-Bayer/96116c988e228b861b37462981c0160a5635eef3

Part 2: The genera Paracalyptrophora; Candidella; and Calyptrophora.
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Review-of-Octocorallia-(Cnidaria%3A-Anthozoa)-from-2%3A-Cairns/41483606fc2b2cc7e48c4710db6ee3fc5ca691f2

Part 3: The genera Thouarella, Plumarella, Callogorgia, Fanellia, and Parastenella1.
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Review-of-Octocorallia-(Cnidaria%3A-Anthozoa)-from-3%3A-Cairns/383cfec209635649794da31b17f348920c5e83bd

External links

Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (en). Abgerufen am 31.03.2022.
Review of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Hawai‘i and Adjacent Seamounts. Part 3: Genera Thouarella, Plumarella, Callogorgia, Fanellia, and Parastenella (en). Abgerufen am 31.03.2022.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 31.03.2022.

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