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Hemicorallium regale Deep Sea Gorgonian, Red Coral

Hemicorallium regale is commonly referred to as Deep Sea Gorgonian, Red Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
15602 
AphiaID:
1311260 
Scientific:
Hemicorallium regale 
German:
Tiefwasser-Gorgonie 
English:
Deep Sea Gorgonian, Red Coral 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleralcyonacea (Order) > Coralliidae (Family) > Hemicorallium (Genus) > regale (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Bayer, ), 1956 
Occurrence:
California, Hawaii, Line Islands 
Marine Zone:
Hemipelagial
Lightless depth range of 800 - 2400 meters 
Sea depth:
226 - 1815 Meter 
Size:
up to 5.91" (15 cm) 
Temperature:
2,3 °F - 16,9 °F (2,3°C - 16,9°C) 
Food:
azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Invertebrates, Marine snow, Mucus, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Cold water animal 
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
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-03-05 16:00:48 

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Hemicorallium regale lives around the Pacific waters around Hawaiii to offshore seamounts a few miles west of the California coast (outer edge of the western boundary of the Bay), but has also been found around the Line Islands (Central Polynesian Sporades).

The entire colony of Hemicorallium regale looks pinkish - reddish, it has been given the colloquial name "red coral" and "garnet" coral" (pomegranate color with various shades of solid pink)

The average height of this deep water coral is 15 cm, a stem diameter of 6 mm and a weight of 100 grams.
In earlier years, the coral was commercially "harvested" for its color to make jewelry, such as beads for necklaces.
Harvesting ceased in the 1980s due to the high cost of cultivation.

Synonym: Corallium regale Bayer, 1956

External links

  1. A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, and Calcaxonia – Part I: Introduction, species of Scleraxonia and Holaxonia (Family Acanthogorgiidae) (en). Abgerufen am 03.03.2023.
  2. Descriptions and redescriptions of the Hawaiian octocorals collected by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer, Erstbeschreibung als Corallium regale Bayer, 1956, Seite 77f. (en). Abgerufen am 03.03.2023.
  3. Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory HURL (en). Abgerufen am 03.03.2023.
  4. List of Deep Sea Coral Taxa in the. Hawaiian Archipelago and Johnston. Atoll: Depth and Geographic. Distribution (v. 2021) (en). Abgerufen am 03.03.2023.
  5. Precious corals (Octocorallia: Coralliidae) from the northern West Pacific region with descriptions of two New Species (en). Abgerufen am 03.03.2023.
  6. Precious Corals an Overview (en). Abgerufen am 03.03.2023.
  7. Taxonomic revision of Coralliidae with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Hawaiian Archipelago (en). Abgerufen am 03.03.2023.
  8. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 03.03.2023.

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