Primnoa pacifica Red tree coral

Primnoa pacifica is commonly referred to as Red tree coral. 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:: 11572
AphiaID:: 286539

Scientific:: Primnoa pacifica
German:: Resedakoralle
English:: Red Tree Coral

Category:: Gorgones

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Primnoidae (Family) > Primnoa (Genus) > pacifica (Species)
Initial determination:: Kinoshita, 1907

Occurrence:: Alaska (Western Atlantic), Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Japan, North Pacific (Ocean), Revillagigedo Islands, West Coast USA
Marine Zone:: Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones.
Sea depth:: 10 - 863 Meter
Size:: up to 19.69" (50 cm)
Temperature:: 37.4 °F - 6,5 °F (3°C - 6,5°C)
Food:: Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Marine snow, Organic suspended sediment , 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