Antipathella wollastoni Black coral

Antipathella wollastoni is commonly referred to as Black coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3649 

AphiaID:

289448 

Scientific:

Antipathella wollastoni 

German:

Schwarze Koralle 

English:

Black Coral 

Category:

Sea Fans 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Antipatharia (Order) > Myriopathidae (Family) > Antipathella (Genus) > wollastoni (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gray, ), 1857 

Occurrence:

Azores, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Macaronesia (Macaronesian Islands), Madeira, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Spain, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

- 1425 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 39.37" (100 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 71.6 °F (°C - 22°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Food specialist, Marine snow, Plankton, Suspension feeder, Zooplankton 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

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:

2011-04-23 11:17:54 

Last edit:

2025-01-15 14:02:26 

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