Desmophyllum pertusum North Atlantic Cold-water Coral

Desmophyllum pertusum is commonly referred to as North Atlantic Cold-water Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Desmophyllum pertusum
German:: Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: North Atlantic Cold-water Coral

Category:: Stony Corals LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Desmophyllum (Genus) > pertusum (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1758

Occurrence:: cosmopolitan species, Gulf of Mexico, USA
Sea depth:: 25 - 4416 Meter
Size:: up to 19.69" (50 cm)
Temperature:: 39.2 °F - 53.6 °F (4°C - 12°C)
Food:: azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Marine snow, Plankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
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:

Desmophyllum dianthus
Steinkoralle
Desmophyllum striatum

More related species in this lexicon:

Desmophyllum pertusum
Großpolypige Steinkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-03-30 12:39:24
Last edit:: 2024-02-24 15:53:50

Info

Linnaeus, 1758)

Desmophyllum pertusum is a stony coral that does not feed on zooxanthellae like its tropical relatives, but exclusively by catching plankton.

This species became known from a 35-kilometer-long cold-water coral reef southwest of the Lofoten island chain.
A larger reef was recently discovered by chance off the coast of Greenland.

This type of stony coral seems to occur all over the world, and depending on the prevailing temperature, the coral settles at corresponding depths:

Around the equator, the coral has been found at around 1000 meters, off the Lofoten Islands at around 35 - 40 meters.

Synonyms:
Dendrosmilia nomlandi Durham & Barnard, 1952
Lophelia californica Durham, 1947
Lophelia prolifera (Pallas, 1766)
Lophohelia affinis Pourtalès, 1868
Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lophohelia prolifera (Pallas, 1766)
Lophohelia prolifera f. brachycephala Moseley, 1881
Lophohelia prolifera f. gracilis Duncan, 1873
Lophohelia subcostata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
Lophohelia tubulosa Studer, 1878
Madrepora pertusa Linnaeus, 1758
Madrepora prolifera Pallas, 1766