Calyptrophora pileata Gorgonian

Calyptrophora pileata is commonly referred to as Gorgonian. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL), Hawaii, USA

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AphiaID:: 883729

Scientific:: Calyptrophora pileata
German:: Gorgonie
English:: Gorgonian

Category:: Gorgonie

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Primnoidae (Family) > Calyptrophora (Genus) > pileata (Species)
Initial determination:: Cairns, 2009

Occurrence:: Hawaii, Indonesia
Sea depth:: 120 - 520 Meter
Size:: up to 7.87" (20 cm)
Temperature:: 7,29 °F - 24,63 °F (7,29°C - 24,63°C)
Food:: Marine snow, 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:

Calyptrophora agassizii
Calyptrophora alpha
Tiefwasser-Gorgonie
Calyptrophora angularis
Tiefsee-Gorgonie
Calyptrophora antilla
Calyptrophora bayeri
Tiefsee-Gorgonie
Calyptrophora clarki
Tiefsee-Gorgonie
Calyptrophora clinata
Tiefseegorgonie
Calyptrophora cristata
Calyptrophora cucullata
Calyptrophora diaphana
Tiefsee-Gorgonie
Calyptrophora gerdae
Calyptrophora inornata
Calyptrophora japonica
Calyptrophora josephinae
Calyptrophora juliae
Calyptrophora laevispinosa
Calyptrophora microdentata
Tiefsee-Gorgonie
Calyptrophora monticola
Calyptrophora niwa
Calyptrophora persephone
Calyptrophora pileata
Gorgonie
Calyptrophora pinnata
Calyptrophora spinosa
Calyptrophora trilepis
Calyptrophora wyvillei
Tiefwasser-Gorgonie

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-03-03 21:27:12
Last edit:: 2022-03-04 22:27:34

Info

Calyptrophora pileata is so far only known from the Hawaiiian Islands and Indonesia (exact information is missing in the description)
https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/8092/2009_Cairns_HI_prim_part_2_Lower_res.pdf, page 436.

The described holotype had the following dimensions: 20cm height, 17cm width.

Around the Hawaiiian Islands the depth range is between 227- 244 meters, in Indonesia however between120 - 520 meters.

Similar species: Paracalyptrophora echinata Cairns, 2009.

Etymology:
The species name comes from the Latin word "pileatus" meaning "covered or clothed", an allusion to the well-developed translucent cap surrounding the operculum.

External links

Amendment 4 to the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the Hawaii Archipelago (en). Abgerufen am 03.03.2022.
Deep-Sea Coral Taxa in the Hawaiian Archipelago and Johnston Atoll: Depth and Geographical Distribution (v. 2020) (en). Abgerufen am 03.03.2022.
Deep‐Sea Coral Taxa in the Hawaiian Archipelago and Other U.S. Pacific Islands: Depth and Geographical Distribution (en). Abgerufen am 03.03.2022.
GEOMAR Korallen 2h WS 17/18 (Marine) Biologie für Geologen (de). Abgerufen am 04.03.2022.
Okeanos Explorer (en). Abgerufen am 02.08.2024.
Review of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Hawai‘i and Adjacent Seamounts. Part 2: Genera Paracalyptrophora Kinoshita, 1908; Candidella Bayer, 1954; and Calyptrophora Gray, 1866 (en). Abgerufen am 03.03.2022.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 03.03.2022.

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