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Pacifigorgia marviva Gorgonian

Pacifigorgia marviva is commonly referred to as Gorgonian. 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:
14290 
AphiaID:
889447 
Scientific:
Pacifigorgia marviva 
German:
Gorgonie 
English:
Gorgonian 
Category:
Gorgonier 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Gorgoniidae (Family) > Pacifigorgia (Genus) > marviva (Species) 
Initial determination:
Guzman & Breedy, 2011 
Occurrence:
Columbia, Costa Rica, Panama 
Sea depth:
35 - 60 Meter 
Size:
5.12" - 12.2" (13cm - 31cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C) 
Food:
azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Plankton 
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
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-12-05 17:25:11 

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Pacifigorgia marviva es una especie de aguas poco profundas en forma de abanico que pertenece a la familia Gorgoniidae y fue encontrada en el Parque Nacional Coiba, en el Pacífico panameño, a una profundidad de 35 a 40 metros.
La forma de abanico de la red es ideal para capturar el plancton.

Recommendation - the coral should be kept in a species-specific tank.

Feeding
Gorgonians do not have zooxanthellae and do not live off light. Azooxanthellate gorgonians do not host symbiotic algae that produce nutrients and energy through photosynthesis.

The pumps should be switched off before feeding. In order for the gorgonian to survive in the aquarium, each individual polyp must be fed sufficiently, i.e. daily or 3-4 times a week. Without feeding, the gorgonian will not survive in the aquarium. The polyps need a certain amount of time to absorb the food (granules or dust food (Ultramarin, Cyclop Eeze) or frozen food (lobster eggs, mysis)). If shrimp and fish are present, they will try to steal the food, so it is essential to feed these cohabitants beforehand.

Newly introduced gorgonian sticks can be stimulated with a liquid food, e.g., PolypLab Polyp, to encourage the individual polyps to open. Only then can feeding be carried out.

The better the individual polyps take up the food provided, the better the growth and reproduction rates will be.

Azooxanthellate corals eat suspensions, marine snow, microplankton, and other organic matter, which is their natural food.

Según el Dr. Guzmán, descubridor de la especie, su distribución parece ser limitada y se caracteriza por sus montículos erectos de color blanco a crema, compuestos de una a tres ramas.
La nueva especie Pacifigorgia marviva lleva el nombre de Erika Knie, fundadora y presidenta de la Fundación MarViva.
Su amor y pasión por los océanos, su singular visión filantrópica y su continuo apoyo al cumplimiento de las leyes de protección de los recursos marinos han propiciado cambios regionales en la gestión de los recursos marinos.

Posteriormente, la gorgonia se encontró también en las aguas de Colombia, aquí a una profundidad de entre 40 y 60 metros.


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