Metallogorgia melanotrichos Deep Sea Fan, Deep Sea Coral, Deep Sea Pen, Pink Parasol Coral

Metallogorgia melanotrichos is commonly referred to as Deep Sea Fan, Deep Sea Coral, Deep Sea Pen, Pink Parasol Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Prof. Dr. Les Watling, Hawaii

Foto: Goode Peak, New England Seamounts

Image courtesy of Les Watling/NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration/URI-IFE / Bild mit freundlicher Genehmigung von Les Watling/NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration/URI-IFE
Courtesy of the author Prof. Dr. Les Watling, Hawaii

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Scientific:: Metallogorgia melanotrichos
German:: Tiefsee-Gorgonie
English:: Deep Sea Fan, Deep Sea Coral, Deep Sea Pen, Pink Parasol Coral

Category:: Sea Fans

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Chrysogorgiidae (Family) > Metallogorgia (Genus) > melanotrichos (Species)
Initial determination:: (Wright & Studer, ), 1889

Occurrence:: Azores, East China Sea, East cost of USA, European Coasts, Hawaii, Kingman Reef, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Palmyra Atoll, Spain, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, West-Atlantic Ocean, Western Australia
Sea depth:: 277 - 1813 Meter
Size:: up to 39.37" (100 cm)
Temperature:: 2,3 °F - 55.4 °F (2,3°C - 13°C)
Food:: Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Marine snow, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown