Cirrhipathes cf. indica Black Coral

Cirrhipathes cf. indica is commonly referred to as Black Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Cirrhipathes cf. indica
German:: Schwarze Koralle Peitschenkoralle
English:: Black Coral

Category:: Sea Fans

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Antipatharia (Order) > Antipathidae (Family) > Cirrhipathes (Genus) > cf. indica (Species)
Initial determination:: Summers, 1910

Occurrence:: Madagascar, Mozambique, Sri Lanka
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:: 30 - 52 Meter
Size:: up to 39.37" (100 cm)
Temperature:: ~ -18.4 °F (-28°C)
Food:: azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Invertebrates, Suspension feeder, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Only for advanced aquarists
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Cirrhipathes anguina
Gewundene Drahtkoralle
Cirrhipathes contorta
Schwarze Koralle, Drahtkoralle
Cirrhipathes densiflora
Schwarze Koralle
Cirrhipathes flagellum
Cirrhipathes gardineri
Cirrhipathes hainanensis
Cirrhipathes indica
Cirrhipathes musculosa
Cirrhipathes nana
Cirrhipathes propinqua
Cirrhipathes secchini
Cirrhipathes sieboldi
Cirrhipathes sinensis
Cirrhipathes spiralis
Spiralige Drahtkoralle, Spiralen-Dörnchenkoralle
Cirrhipathes translucens

More related species in this lexicon:

Cirrhipathes cf. indica
Schwarze Koralle Peitschenkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2024-11-24 05:10:09
Last edit:: 2024-11-24 22:10:10

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The coenenchym of this black coral is brown-greenish with white polyps, their polyps have thick, massive tentacles, which is especially true for the sagittal tentacles.
About three polyps are located along one cm.
When the polyps are stretched out, the tentacles are long with rounded tips. When they are stretched out, the tentacles are long with rounded tips
The polyps measure up to 3 mm in diameter and their mutual distance varies up to 4.5 mm.

Literature reference
Terrana, Lucas & Bo, Marzia & Opresko, Dennis & Eeckhaut, Igor. (2020).
Shallow-water black corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa Anthozoa: Blumentiere : Hexacorallia: Antipatharia) from SW Madagascar.
Zootaxa. 4826. 10.11646/zootaxa.4826.1.1.

External links

Shallow-water black corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia) from SW Madagascar (multi). Abgerufen am 24.11.2024.

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Foto: Toliara, Madagaskar, Westlicher Indischer Ozean

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