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Pterogorgia guadalupensis Grooved-blade sea whip

Pterogorgia guadalupensisis commonly referred to as Grooved-blade sea whip. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Foto: Playa del Carmen, Mexiko, Karibik


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lexID:
3694 
AphiaID:
290927 
Scientific:
Pterogorgia guadalupensis 
German:
Messergorgonie 
English:
Grooved-blade Sea Whip 
Category:
Sea Fans 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Gorgoniidae (Family) > Pterogorgia (Genus) > guadalupensis (Species) 
Initial determination:
Duchassaing & Michelin, 1846 
Occurrence:
Aruba, Curacao, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Saint Kitts and Nevis, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, Virgin Islands, U.S. 
Sea depth:
3 - 27 Meter 
Size:
up to 7.87" (20 cm) 
Temperature:
77 °F - 82.4 °F (25°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
33 gal (~ 150L)  
Difficulty:
Average 
Offspring:
Easy to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-08-08 19:42:17 

Captive breeding / propagation

Pterogorgia guadalupensis is easy to breed. There are offspring in the trade available. If you are interested in Pterogorgia guadalupensis, please contact us at Your dealer for a progeny instead of a wildcat. You help to protect the natural stocks.

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Pterogorgia guadalupensis (Duchassaing 1846)

The branches of this genus of gorgonia are flattened. In Pterogorgia guadalupensis the cross-sections of branches are generally ribbon shaped.
Colonies are a little smaller than P. anceps.

Synonymised names:
Gorgonia guadalupensis (Duchassaing & Michelin, 1846) · unaccepted (changed combination)
Xiphigorgia guadalupensis (Duchassaing & Michelin, 1846) · unaccepted (changed combination)

External links

  1. Marine Species Identifcation Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Commonly

Foto: Playa del Carmen, Mexiko, Karibik
Die blasenartigen Verdickungen sind Keimblasen dieser Gorgonien.

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