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Leptogorgia gilchristi Gilchrist's Leptogorgia

Leptogorgia gilchristi is commonly referred to as Gilchrist's Leptogorgia. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town

Leptogorgia gilchristi,cave complex whittle rock false bay 2025 (CC-BY-SA)


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lexID:
18480 
AphiaID:
286243 
Scientific:
Leptogorgia gilchristi 
German:
Gilchrists Leptogorgia 
English:
Gilchrist's Leptogorgia 
Category:
Sea Fans 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Octocorallia (Class) > Malacalcyonacea (Order) > Gorgoniidae (Family) > Leptogorgia (Genus) > gilchristi (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Hickson, ), 1904 
Occurrence:
Mozambique, South-Africa 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
1,5 - 95 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 9.84" (25 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Plankton 
Difficulty:
Experts only! Very hard to keep 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-07-15 19:09:15 

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Leptogorgia gilchristi (Hickson, 1904)

Synonymised names
Eugorgia gilchristi Hickson, 1904 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Eugorgia lineata J.S. Thomson, 1916 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leptogorgia abietina Kükenthal, 1919 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptogorgia africana J.S. Thomson, 1916 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptogorgia aurata J.S. Thomson, 1916 · unaccepted (synonym)

External links

  1. Erstbeschreibung als Eugorgia gilchristi (en). Abgerufen am 15.07.2026.
  2. iDigBio.org (en). Abgerufen am 15.07.2026.

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Leptogorgia gilchristi,pie south Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2026 (CC-BY-SA)
Leptogorgia gilchristi,cave complex whittle rock false bay 2025 (CC-BY-SA)
Leptogorgia gilchristi,cave complex whittle rock false bay 2025 (CC-BY-SA)

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