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Leptogorgia palma Palmate Sea Fan

Leptogorgia palma is commonly referred to as Palmate Sea Fan. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
12837 
AphiaID:
286254 
Scientific:
Leptogorgia palma 
German:
Palmen-Seefächer, Gorgonie 
English:
Palmate Sea Fan 
Category:
Горгонаприи (Морские Веера) 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Gorgoniidae (Family) > Leptogorgia (Genus) > palma (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Pallas, ), 1766 
Occurrence:
Endemic species, Mexico (East Pacific), Revillagigedo Islands, South-Africa 
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:
10 - 100 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 78.74" (200 cm) 
Temperature:
73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Suspension feeder, Zooplankton 
Tank:
219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-03-25 19:41:22 

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Leptogorgia palma (Pallas, 1766)
Palmate sea fan

The palmate sea fan (Leptogorgia palma) is a species of gorgonian sea fan in the family Gorgoniidae. This fan grows up to 2m in total height and is bright red.

Synonymised names
Gorgonia flammea Ellis & Solander, 1786 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gorgonia palma Esper, 1791 · unaccepted (incorrect authority)
Gorgonia palma Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Leptogorgia crista (Möbius, 1861) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptogorgia flammea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lophogorgia flammea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lophogorgia palma (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Direct children (1)
Subspecies Leptogorgia palma crista (Pallas, 1766) (uncertain > unassessed)

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Leptogorgia palma,jjam reef False Bay, South Africa 2022 (CC-BY-SA)
Leptogorgia palma,A-Frame off Murdock Valley, Cape Town, 7975, South Africa 2019 (CC-BY-SA)
Leptogorgia palma,whittle rock false bay 2023 (CC-BY-SA)

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