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Iridogorgia superba Deep Sea Gorgonian, Golden Deep Sea Gorgonian

Iridogorgia superba is commonly referred to as Deep Sea Gorgonian, Golden Deep Sea Gorgonian. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
16868 
AphiaID:
1476377 
Scientific:
Iridogorgia superba 
German:
Tiefsee-Gorgonie 
English:
Deep Sea Gorgonian, Golden Deep Sea Gorgonian 
Category:
Sea Fans 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Octocorallia (Class) > Scleralcyonacea (Order) > Chrysogorgiidae (Family) > Iridogorgia (Genus) > superba (Species) 
Initial determination:
Nutting, 1908 
Occurrence:
Central Pazific, Hawaii, North Pacific (Ocean) 
Marine Zone:
Hemipelagial
Lightless depth range of 800 - 2400 meters 
Sea depth:
704 - 1926 Meter 
Habitats:
Deep sea, Deep Sea Basin, Deep Sea Trenches, Deep-sea mountains, Rocky, hard seabeds 
Size:
up to 59.06" (150 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 39.2 °F (°C - 4°C) 
Food:
Marine snow, Plankton, Suspension feeder 
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:
 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-01-14 16:37:52 

Info

Iridogorgia superba is a Pacific deep-sea gorgonian that has a very thinly branched trunk, grows regularly or spirally in all directions and looks like a kind of bottle brush.

Little has been published about the coral itself, which is almost certainly due to the depth of the gorgonian.

Synonymised names
Lepidogorgia gibbosa Nutting, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Radicipes gibbosus (Nutting, 1908) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rhodaniridogorgia superba (Nutting, 1908) · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

  1. Coral Trait Database (en). Abgerufen am 17.10.2024.
  2. Hawaiʻi Undersea Research Laboratory (en). Abgerufen am 17.10.2024.
  3. NOAA Okeanos Explorer (en). Abgerufen am 17.10.2024.
  4. Okeanos Explorer (en). Abgerufen am 18.10.2024.
  5. PMNM Deep Sea Portal (en). Abgerufen am 18.10.2024.

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