Isidella trichotoma Deep sea bamboo coral

Isidella trichotoma is commonly referred to as Deep sea bamboo coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Isidella trichotoma
German:: Tiefsee-Bambuskoralle
English:: Deep Sea Bamboo Coral

Category:: Gorgonier

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Keratoisididae (Family) > Isidella (Genus) > trichotoma (Species)
Initial determination:: Bayer, 1990

Occurrence:: Hawaii, Johnston Atoll
Sea depth:: - 1920 Meter
Habitats:: Deep Sea Trenches, Deep-sea mountains, Rocky, hard seabeds
Size:: up to 39.37" (100 cm)
Temperature:: 2,9 °F - 4,2 °F (2,9°C - 4,2°C)
Food:: azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Marine snow, Plankton
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:

Isidella elongata
Bambuskoralle
Isidella lofotensis
Tiefsee-Gorgonie
Isidella longiflora
Isidella tentaculum
Tiefsee-Gorgonie
Isidella trichotoma
Tiefsee-Bambuskoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2021-12-31 17:50:05
Last edit:: 2024-09-10 17:57:47

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The deep-sea bamboo coral Isidella trichotoma is so far only known from a few places, which is possibly also due to the water depth in which the coral occurs.
At present we have to owe an indication of the size of the bamboo coral, the available scientific documentations dealt with fragments of the coral.
Deep sea corals are azooxanthellate and depend on catching marine snow and smallest plankton.

Naming: "trichna" comes from Greek and means "three parts" and "tomos" stands for "one cut", alluding to the way the coral branches.

External links

A new isidid octocoral (Anthozoa: Gorgonacea) from New Caledonia, with descriptions of other new species from elsewhere in the Pacific Ocean (en). Abgerufen am 31.12.2021.
A new species of Isidella bamboo coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Isididae) from northeast Pacific Seamounts (en). Abgerufen am 31.12.2021.
Benthic Deepwater Animal Identification Guide V3 (en). Abgerufen am 31.12.2021.
Deep-Sea Coral Taxa in the Hawaiian Archipelago and Other U.S. Pacific Islands: Depth and Geographical Distribution (en). Abgerufen am 31.12.2021.
Foto Isidella trichotoma (en). Abgerufen am 31.12.2021.
NOAA (en). Abgerufen am 05.01.2022.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 31.12.2021.

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