Asperaxis karenae Gorgonia

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

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lexID:

12626 

AphiaID:

289460 

Scientific:

Asperaxis karenae 

German:

Gorgonie 

English:

Gorgonia 

Category:

Sea Fans 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Melithaeidae (Family) > Asperaxis (Genus) > karenae (Species) 

Initial determination:

Alderslade, 2006 

Occurrence:

Endemic species, Tasmania (Australia) 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

4 - 18 Meter 

Size:

up to 2.36" (6 cm) 

Temperature:

53.6 °F - 62.6 °F (12°C - 17°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Invertebrates, Zoanthids, 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:

• 
  Asperaxis karenae
  Gorgonie

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-12-08 21:23:19 

Last edit:

2019-12-21 21:34:16 

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