Thesea parviflora Deep Sea Gorgonian

Thesea parviflora is commonly referred to as Deep Sea Gorgonian. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Thesea parviflora
German:: Tiefwasser-Gorgonie
English:: Deep Sea Gorgonian

Category:: Gorgonie

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Octocorallia (Class) > Malacalcyonacea (Order) > Malacalcyonacea incertae sedis (Family) > Thesea (Genus) > parviflora (Species)
Initial determination:: Deichmann, 1936

Occurrence:: Cuba, Dominica, Gulf of Mexico, Lesser Antilles, the Caribbean
Sea depth:: 62 - 216 Meter
Size:: up to 5.91" (15 cm)
Temperature:: 19,5 °F - 25,7 °F (19,5°C - 25,7°C)
Food:: azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Invertebrates, Marine snow, Suspension feeder, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Thesea alternata
Thesea antiope
Thesea bebrycoides
Thesea bicolor
Thesea campanulifera
Thesea citrina
Hornkoralle, Gorgonie
Thesea dendritica
Thesea filigella
Thesea flava
Thesea flexilis
Thesea gracilis
Thesea grandiflora
Thesea granulosa
Hornkoralle, Gorgonie
Thesea guadalupensis
Hornkoralle, Gorgonie
Thesea hebes
Hornkoralle, Gorgonie, Seefächer
Thesea immersa
Thesea nivea
Gorgonie, Weiße Augen-Seegischt
Thesea nutans
Thesea pallida
Thesea parviflora
Tiefwasser-Gorgonie
Thesea pulchra
Thesea reticuloides
Thesea rigida
Thesea rubra
Rote Fächer-Gorgonie, Rote Fächer-Hornkoralle
Thesea rugosa
Thesea solitaria
Thesea talismani

More related species in this lexicon:

Thesea pyrrha
Hornkoralle, Gorgonie

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2024-05-22 14:04:42
Last edit:: 2024-05-27 15:41:53

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Thesea parviflora is a deep-water gorgonian

Literature reference:
Shuler AJ and PJ Etnoyer. (2020)
Alcyonacean octocorals of the Pinnacle Trend: A photo-identification guide.
NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS
282. 56 pp. doi:10.25923/xzd1-z382

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