Cirrhipathes contorta Black coral, Wire coral

Cirrhipathes contorta is commonly referred to as Black coral, Wire coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 12184
AphiaID:: 287823

Scientific:: Cirrhipathes contorta
German:: Schwarze Koralle, Drahtkoralle
English:: Black Coral, Wire Coral

Category:: Gorgonie

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Antipatharia (Order) > Antipathidae (Family) > Cirrhipathes (Genus) > contorta (Species)
Initial determination:: van Pesch, 1910

Occurrence:: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Banda Sea, Bunaken, Guam, Indonesia, Sulawesi
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:: 9 - 45 Meter
Size:: up to 59.06" (150 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C)
Food:: Dissolved inorganic substances) f.e.NaCL,CA, Mag, K, I.P, CO2, Dissolved organic substances, No reliable information available
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
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:

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 rumphii
Schwarze Koralle, Große Dörnchenkoralle, Lange Peitschenkoralle
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:: 2019-07-02 12:03:55
Last edit:: 2019-07-02 13:55:10

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Cirrhipathes contorta van Pesch, 1910

Literature references on black corals with symbiotic zooxanthellae

Wagner, D., Pochon, X., Irwin, L., Toonen, R. J., & Gates, R. D.
(2010). Azooxanthellate? Most Hawaiiian black corals contain
Symbiodinium. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological
Sciences, rspb20101681.

Bo, M., Baker, A. C., Gaino, E., Wirshing, H. H., Scoccia, F., &
Bavestrello, G. (2011). First description of algal mutualistic
endosymbiosis in a black coral (Anthozoa: Antipatharia). Marine
Ecology Progress Series, 435, 1-11.

Synonymised names:
Cirripathes (Eucirripathes) contorta van Pesch, 1910
Cirripathes contorta van Pesch, 1910 (corrected spelling)

External links

Advances in Marine Biology, Band 63 (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Azooxanthellate? Most Hawaiian black corals contain Symbiodinium (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Ecological Observations of Some Common Antipatharian Corals in theMarine Park of Bunaken (North Sulawesi, Indonesia) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
First description of algal mutualistic endosymbiosisin a black coral (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
STUDIES ON NEWLY RECORDED ANTIPATHARIAN CORALS FROM ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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