Paragorgia arborea

Paragorgia arborea
Paragorgia arborea

Declining (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Paragorgiidae
Genus: Paragorgia
Species:
P. arborea
Binomial name
Paragorgia arborea
(Linnaeus, 1758) [2]
Synonyms
  • Paragorgia nodosa Koren & Danielssen, 1883
  • Paragorgia pacifica Verrill, 1922
P. arborea on Santa Lucia Bank in the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary. Source: NOAA

Paragorgia arborea is a species of coral in the family Paragorgiidae, commonly known as the bubblegum coral because of its bulbous branch tips. It mainly grows in depths between 200 and 1,300 metres (700 and 4,300 ft) at temperatures between 3 and 8 °C (37 and 46 °F).[3][4][5] It is found widespread in the Northern Atlantic Ocean and Northern Pacific Ocean on seamounts and knolls, and was first described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. P. arborea is a foundation species, providing a habitat for other species in deep sea coral ecosystems.[6][7]

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  2. ^ van Ofwegen, Leen (2015). "Paragorgia arborea (Linnaeus, 1758)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
  3. ^ "Sea Fan - Paragorgia arborea". SeaWater. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  4. ^ Weiler, Bradley A.; Verhoeven, Joost T. P.; Dufour, Suzanne C. (2018-10-18). "Bacterial Communities in Tissues and Surficial Mucus of the Cold-Water Coral Paragorgia arborea". Frontiers in Marine Science. 5: 378. doi:10.3389/fmars.2018.00378. ISSN 2296-7745.
  5. ^ Buhl-Mortensen, Lene; Olafsdottir, Steinunn Hilma; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål; Burgos, Julian M.; Ragnarsson, Stefan Aki (2015). "Distribution of nine cold-water coral species (Scleractinia and Gorgonacea) in the cold temperate North Atlantic: effects of bathymetry and hydrography". Hydrobiologia. 759 (1): 39–61. doi:10.1007/s10750-014-2116-x. ISSN 0018-8158. S2CID 6636175.
  6. ^ Sundahl, Hanna; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål; Buhl-Mortensen, Lene (2020-04-24). "Distribution and Suitable Habitat of the Cold-Water Corals Lophelia pertusa, Paragorgia arborea, and Primnoa resedaeformis on the Norwegian Continental Shelf". Frontiers in Marine Science. 7: 213. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.00213. hdl:11250/2729923. ISSN 2296-7745.
  7. ^ Coykendall, D. K.; Morrison, C. L. (September 2015). "Nine microsatellite loci developed from the octocoral, Paragorgia arborea". Conservation Genetics Resources. 7 (3): 771–772. doi:10.1007/s12686-015-0457-z. ISSN 1877-7252. S2CID 45148049.