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Calcigorgia herba Gorgonian

Calcigorgia herba is commonly referred to as Gorgonian. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
14094 
AphiaID:
1378061 
Scientific:
Calcigorgia herba 
German:
Gorgonie 
English:
Gorgonian 
Category:
Sea Fans 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Acanthogorgiidae (Family) > Calcigorgia (Genus) > herba (Species) 
Initial determination:
Dautova, 2019 
Occurrence:
Russland, Kuril Islands, the Sea of Okhotsk 
Sea depth:
75 - 200 Meter 
Size:
5.12" - 5.91" (13,5cm - 15,9cm) 
Temperature:
~ -2,8°C 
Food:
azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Invertebrates, Marine snow, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
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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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-09-18 13:19:11 

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Calcigorgia herba and its sister Calcigorgia lukini originate from the cold and nutrient-rich sea around the Kuril Islands, a chain of more than 30 large and small islands of volcanic origin in East Asia.
The third sister Calcigorgia beringi is native to the likewise cold Bering Sea around the Aleutian Islands, which belong to Alaska.
All three gorgonians are azooxanthellate and depend on the capture of zooplankton for food and energy.

Corals in cold waters reach a maximum growth of 1-2cm per year, so it can be quickly calculated how long it took the gorgonians to reach their above stated size.

Etymology
The specific epithet ‘herba’ is due to a shape of colonies similar to a plant with a stalk in the form of a hollow straw and with small
flower-like protrusions reminiscent of ears of corn or tussock.

Other known Calcigorgia species:
Calcigorgia gracilis Matsumoto, van Ofwegen & Bayer, 2019
Calcigorgia gigantea Matsumoto, van Ofwegen & Bayer, 2019
Calcigorgia japonica Dautova, 2007
Calcigorgia matua Dautova, 2018
Calcigorgia pacifica Matsumoto, van Ofwegen & Bayer, 2019
Calcigorgia spiculifera Broch, 1935

External links

  1. A revision of the genus Calcigorgia (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Acanthogorgiidae) with the description of three new species (en). Abgerufen am 18.09.2021.
  2. New species of deep-water Calcigorgia gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the Sea of Okhotsk, with a re-diagnosis and a taxonomic review of the genus (en). Abgerufen am 15.09.2021.
  3. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 15.09.2021.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 15.09.2021.

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Foto: Kurilen, Ochotskisches Meer, Russland

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