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The small gorgonian Leptogorgia cortesi has only been found in the inner coral reefs of the very warm Golfo Dulce, a bay on the eastern Pacific of Costa Rica.
The holotype was an irregularly grown and looking colony with a height of 11.2 cm and a width of 15.5 cm.
Color: White
This species belongs to the Leptogorgia alba group, all species with white colonies, variable branching patterns, mostly lateral, and polyp mounds, ranging from flat to slightly protruding.
There are six valid species in the Leptogorgia alba group.
Various shrimp have been observed to associate with the gorgonian, such as Hippolyte sp. Periclimenes infraspinis and Periclimenes sp.
Recommendation - the coral should be kept in a species-specific tank.
Feeding
Gorgonians do not have zooxanthellae and do not live off light. Azooxanthellate gorgonians do not host symbiotic algae that produce nutrients and energy through photosynthesis.
The pumps should be switched off before feeding. In order for the gorgonian to survive in the aquarium, each individual polyp must be fed sufficiently, i.e. daily or 3-4 times a week. Without feeding, the gorgonian will not survive in the aquarium. The polyps need a certain amount of time to absorb the food (granules or dust food (Ultramarin, Cyclop Eeze) or frozen food (lobster eggs, mysis)). If shrimp and fish are present, they will try to steal the food, so it is essential to feed these cohabitants beforehand.
Newly introduced gorgonian sticks can be stimulated with a liquid food, e.g., PolypLab Polyp, to encourage the individual polyps to open. Only then can feeding be carried out.
The better the individual polyps take up the food provided, the better the growth and reproduction rates will be.
Azooxanthellate corals eat suspensions, marine snow, microplankton, and other organic matter, which is their natural food.
The naming was done for a long-time friend and colleague, Jorge Cortés, who first proposed to the two authors, Odalisca Breedy and Hector M. Guzman, to study the octocorals, and they hereby honor him as a pioneer of marine biodiversity research in Costa Rica.
Scientific source:
Breedy, O.; Guzman, H. M. (2012).
A new species of Leptogorgia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from Golfo Dulce, Pacific, Costa Rica.
Zootaxa. 3182: 65–68
The holotype was an irregularly grown and looking colony with a height of 11.2 cm and a width of 15.5 cm.
Color: White
This species belongs to the Leptogorgia alba group, all species with white colonies, variable branching patterns, mostly lateral, and polyp mounds, ranging from flat to slightly protruding.
There are six valid species in the Leptogorgia alba group.
Various shrimp have been observed to associate with the gorgonian, such as Hippolyte sp. Periclimenes infraspinis and Periclimenes sp.
Recommendation - the coral should be kept in a species-specific tank.
Feeding
Gorgonians do not have zooxanthellae and do not live off light. Azooxanthellate gorgonians do not host symbiotic algae that produce nutrients and energy through photosynthesis.
The pumps should be switched off before feeding. In order for the gorgonian to survive in the aquarium, each individual polyp must be fed sufficiently, i.e. daily or 3-4 times a week. Without feeding, the gorgonian will not survive in the aquarium. The polyps need a certain amount of time to absorb the food (granules or dust food (Ultramarin, Cyclop Eeze) or frozen food (lobster eggs, mysis)). If shrimp and fish are present, they will try to steal the food, so it is essential to feed these cohabitants beforehand.
Newly introduced gorgonian sticks can be stimulated with a liquid food, e.g., PolypLab Polyp, to encourage the individual polyps to open. Only then can feeding be carried out.
The better the individual polyps take up the food provided, the better the growth and reproduction rates will be.
Azooxanthellate corals eat suspensions, marine snow, microplankton, and other organic matter, which is their natural food.
The naming was done for a long-time friend and colleague, Jorge Cortés, who first proposed to the two authors, Odalisca Breedy and Hector M. Guzman, to study the octocorals, and they hereby honor him as a pioneer of marine biodiversity research in Costa Rica.
Scientific source:
Breedy, O.; Guzman, H. M. (2012).
A new species of Leptogorgia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from Golfo Dulce, Pacific, Costa Rica.
Zootaxa. 3182: 65–68
