Adelogorgia phyllosclera Orange gorgonian

Adelogorgia phyllosclera is commonly referred to as Orange gorgonian. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

10531 

AphiaID:

289357 

Scientific:

Adelogorgia phyllosclera 

German:

Gorgonie 

English:

Orange Gorgonian 

Category:

Sea Fans 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Gorgoniidae (Family) > Adelogorgia (Genus) > phyllosclera (Species) 

Initial determination:

Bayer, 1958 

Occurrence:

Canada Eastern Pacific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Mexico (East Pacific), West Coast USA 

Sea depth:

30 - 300 Meter 

Size:

up to 23.62" (60 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 64.4 °F (°C - 18°C) 

Food:

azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Adelogorgia phyllosclera
  Gorgonie
• 
  Adelogorgia telones
  Gorgonie

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Adelogorgia adusta
  Gorgonie
• 
  Adelogorgia hannibalis
  Gorgonie
• 
  Adelogorgia osculabunda
  Gorgonie

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-03-12 21:40:44 

Last edit:

2025-12-08 19:51:07 

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