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Parantipathes larix

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Foto: Montecristo Untiefe, Toscana, Italien, Tyrrhenisches Meer
Marzia Bo (UNIGE) & Simonepietro Canese (SZN)
Uploaded by AndiV.
Courtesy of the author Dr. Marzia Bo, Italien Image detail

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lexID:
13545 
AphiaID:
103328 
Scientific:
Parantipathes larix 
German:
Schwarze Koralle, Lärchen-Koralle 
English:
Black Coral, Larix-Coral 
Category:
Gorgonier 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Antipatharia (Order) > Schizopathidae (Family) > Parantipathes (Genus) > larix (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Esper, ), 1788 
Occurrence:
Italy, Mauritania, West Sahara, Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean), East cost of USA, Bay of Biscay, Morocco, Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea), Atlanderhavet, Øst, Atlanterhavet, Vest, Egeerhavet, Nordatlanteren 
Sea depth:
100 - 2300 Meter 
Size:
bis zu 200cm 
Temperature:
2°C - 16°C 
Food:
Copepods, Marine snow, Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, 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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-01-13 20:02:25 

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We warmly thank Dr. Marzia Bo, Italy, for the great photo of the black coral Parantipathes larix.


Synonym: Antipathes larix Esper, 1788

External links

  1. Overview of the conservation status of Mediterranean anthozoa (en)
  2. Discovering Mediterranean black coral forests: Parantipathes larix (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) in the Tuscan Archipelago, Italy (en)
  3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (en)
  4. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 (en)
  5. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en)

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