Balssia gasti Gorgonia Commensal Shrimp

Balssia gasti is commonly referred to as Gorgonia Commensal Shrimp. 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:

7727 

AphiaID:

107609 

Scientific:

Balssia gasti 

German:

Gorgonien-Garnele 

English:

Gorgonia Commensal Shrimp 

Category:

Креветки 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Palaemonidae (Family) > Balssia (Genus) > gasti (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Balss, ), 1921 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, Balearic Islands, East-Atlantic Ocean, Iceland, Portugal, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa 

Sea depth:

- 70 Meter 

Size:

0.47" - 0.79" (1.2cm - 2cm) 

Temperature:

59 °F - 86 °F (15°C - 30°C) 

Food:

Detritus, Mucus, 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:

• 
  Balssia gasti
  Gorgonien-Garnele

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Balssia noeli
  Noel Partnergarnele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-11-23 14:09:00 

Last edit:

2020-12-12 20:07:59 

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