Antipathella subpinnata Black Coral

Antipathella subpinnata is commonly referred to as Black Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Animale per esperti!! quasi impossibile da mantenere bene. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5903 

AphiaID:

289447 

Scientific:

Antipathella subpinnata 

German:

Schwarze Koralle, Dörnchenkoralle 

English:

Black Coral 

Category:

Gorgonie 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Antipatharia (Order) > Myriopathidae (Family) > Antipathella (Genus) > subpinnata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Ellis & Solander, ), 1786 

Occurrence:

East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Mariana Islands, Portugal, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

62 - 500 Meter 

Size:

up to 19.69" (50 cm) 

Temperature:

10,8 °F - 12,5 °F (10,8°C - 12,5°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Coral spawn, Fish eggs, Food specialist, Lobster eggs, Marine snow, Plankton, Zooplankton 

Tank:

65.99 gal (~ 300L)  

Difficulty:

Animale per esperti!! quasi impossibile da mantenere bene 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Antipathella aperta
• 
  Antipathella fiordensis
  Schwarze Koralle
• Antipathella strigosa
• 
  Antipathella subpinnata
  Schwarze Koralle, Dörnchenkoralle
• 
  Antipathella wollastoni
  Schwarze Koralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-08-19 09:37:05 

Last edit:

2018-11-22 17:58:32 

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