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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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lexID:
16506 
AphiaID:
286440 
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
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
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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