Cirrhipathes anguina Wire Coral

Cirrhipathes anguina is commonly referred to as Wire Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5823 

AphiaID:

220496 

Scientific:

Cirrhipathes anguina 

German:

Gewundene Drahtkoralle 

English:

Wire Coral 

Category:

Gorgonie 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Antipatharia (Order) > Antipathidae (Family) > Cirrhipathes (Genus) > anguina (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Dana, ), 1846 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, China, Corea, Fiji, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Red Sea, Réunion , Sri Lanka, Tansania, the Seychelles, Tonga 

Sea depth:

0 - 30 Meter 

Size:

up to 39.37" (100 cm) 

Temperature:

~ 25,1-2°C 

Food:

Plankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

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
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Cirrhipathes cf. indica
  Schwarze Koralle Peitschenkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-08-02 22:08:44 

Last edit:

2019-07-02 12:36:34 

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