Aphanipathes verticillata Black Coral

Aphanipathes verticillata is commonly referred to as Black Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Aphanipathes verticillata
German:: Schwarze Koralle
English:: Black Coral

Category:: Gorgonie

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Antipatharia (Order) > Aphanipathidae (Family) > Aphanipathes (Genus) > verticillata (Species)
Initial determination:: Brook, 1889

Occurrence:: Hawaii, Mauritius
Sea depth:: 88 - 213 Meter
Size:: up to 39.37" (100 cm)
Temperature:: 67.262 °F - 73.238 °F (19.59°C - 22.91°C)
Food:: azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Invertebrates, Marine snow, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
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:

Aphanipathes pedata
Schwarze Koralle
Aphanipathes salix
Aphanipathes sarothamnoides

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-09-24 18:49:22
Last edit:: 2022-09-25 11:05:51

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Aphanipathes verticillata is currently only known from the Pacific waters around Hawaiii.
It is interesting that very many black corals from Hawaiii have entered into a symbiosis with zooxanthellae, different from what is known or suspected from black corals see the link:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/47509639_Azooxanthellate_Most_Hawaiiian_black_corals_contain_Symbiodinium
(23 of 53 antipatharia examined possessed zooxanthellae (43 percent)).

There are both male and female colonies of Aphanipathes verticillata (gonochorism).

Subspecies:
Aphanipathes verticillata verticillata Brook, 1889.
Aphanipathes verticillata mauiensis Opresko, Wagner, Montgomery & Brugler, 2012.

Synonyms:
Antipathes verticillata (Brook, 1889).
Aphanipathes verticillata Brook, 1889

External links

A taxonomic survey of the shallow-water (<150 m) black corals (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) of the Hawaiian Islands (en). Abgerufen am 24.09.2022.
Azooxanthellate? Most Hawaiian black corals contain Symbiodinium (en). Abgerufen am 24.09.2022.
Coral habitats in submarine canyons of the Bay of Biscay : distribution, ecology and vulnerability (en). Abgerufen am 24.09.2022.
Deep-Sea Coral Taxa in the Hawaiian Archipelago and Other U.S. Pacific Islands: Depth and Geographical Distribution (en). Abgerufen am 24.09.2022.
Discovery of Aphanipathes verticillata (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) in the Hawaiian Islands (en). Abgerufen am 24.09.2022.
Efficient light harvesting in deep-water zooxanthellate corals (en). Abgerufen am 24.09.2022.
Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL) (en). Abgerufen am 24.09.2022.
REPORT of the SCIENTIFIC RESULTS of the VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER DURING THE YEARS 1873-76 , Seite 125 (en). Abgerufen am 24.09.2022.
The spatial distribution of shallow-water (<150 m) black corals (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) in the Hawaiian Archipelago (en). Abgerufen am 24.09.2022.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 24.09.2022.

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