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Anthothela pacifica Pacific flowerbud coral, Dwarf white gorgonian.

Anthothela pacifica is commonly referred to as Pacific flowerbud coral, Dwarf white gorgonian.. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Neil McDaniel, Kanada


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lexID:
15726 
AphiaID:
286579 
Scientific:
Anthothela pacifica 
German:
Pazifische Knospenkoralle 
English:
Pacific Flowerbud Coral, Dwarf White Gorgonian. 
Category:
Sea Fans 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Malacalcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniidae (Family) > Anthothela (Genus) > pacifica (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Kükenthal, ), 1913 
Occurrence:
British Columbia, California, Northeast Pacific Ocean, West Coast USA 
Sea depth:
40 - 900 Meter 
Size:
7,5 cm 
Temperature:
3,75 °F - 9,07 °F (3,75°C - 9,07°C) 
Food:
azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Invertebrates, Sea ​​mammals, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Cold water animal 
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:
2023-05-07 16:31:24 

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Anthothela pacifica is a very small, inconspicuous coral, which is often overlooked by divers.
As a distinctly cold water animal Anthothela pacifica is not suitable for home aquariums.

Etymology: The species name "pacifica" was probably named after the type locality, the northern Pacific.

In the first description as Clavularia pacifica the color is described as light yellowish.

Special thanks for his photo of Anthothela pacifica to Neil McDaniell.

Synonyms:
Clavularia pacifica Kükenthal, 1913
Sympodium armatum Wright & Studer, 1889

External links

  1. A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, and Calcaxonia – Part I: Introduction, species of Scleraxonia and Holaxonia (Family Acanthogorgiidae) (en). Abgerufen am 06.05.2023.
  2. Anthothela pacifica (en). Abgerufen am 06.05.2023.
  3. British Columbia Corals: A Synopsis of Information on their Taxonomy, Occurrences, Distribution, Threats and General Status (en). Abgerufen am 06.05.2023.
  4. Erstbeschreibung als Clavularia pacifica, Seite 237 240 (de). Abgerufen am 06.05.2023.
  5. Erstbeschreibung als Sympodium armatum, Seite 272f. (en). Abgerufen am 06.05.2023.
  6. Freiwald A, Roberts JM (eds), 2005, Cold-water Corals and Ecosystems. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp 279-296 Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States (en). Abgerufen am 06.05.2023.
  7. List of Deep-Sea Coral Taxa in the U.S. West Coast Region: Depth and Geographic Distribution (v. 2021) (en). Abgerufen am 06.05.2023.
  8. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 06.05.2023.

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