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Primnoa pacifica Red tree coral

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lexID:
11572 
Scientific:
Primnoa pacifica 
German:
Resedakoralle 
English:
Red tree coral 
Category:
Sea Fans 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Primnoidae (Family) > Primnoa (Genus) > pacifica (Species) 
Initial determination:
Kinoshita, 1907 
Occurrence:
Westküste USA, Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea, Canada , Eastern Pacific Ocean, Japan, North Pacific (Ocean), Revillagigedo Islands 
Sea depth:
10 - 863 Meter 
Size:
up to 19.69" (50 cm) 
Temperature:
37.4 °F - 42.8 °F (3°C - 6,5°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, azooxanthellat, Copepods, Marine snow, Suspended sediment , Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2018-06-09 14:06:10 

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Synonym: Primnoa willeyi Hickson, 1915

External links

  1. A review of the genus Primnoa (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea: Primnoidae), with the description of two new species (en)
  2. EoL (Encyclopedia of Life) (multi)
  3. NOAA Flickr (en)
  4. Observations of deep coral and sponge assemblages in Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, Washington. Cruise Report: NOAA Ship McArthur II Cruise AR06- 07/07 (en)
  5. WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species) (en)

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