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Clavularia borealis Northern club coral

Clavularia borealis is commonly referred to as Northern club coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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17826 
AphiaID:
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Scientific:
Clavularia borealis 
German:
Nördliche Röhrenkoralle 
English:
Northern Club Coral 
Category:
Rørkoraller 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Octocorallia (Class) > Malacalcyonacea (Order) > Clavulariidae (Family) > Clavularia (Genus) > borealis (Species) 
Initial determination:
Koren & Danielssen, 1883 
Occurrence:
East-Atlantic Ocean, Iceland, Mauritania, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway, Portugal, Spain, the Faroe Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa 
Marine Zone:
Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones. 
Sea depth:
100 - 500 Meter 
Size:
up to 1.97" (5 cm) 
Food:
Plankton, Suspension feeder 
Difficulty:
Cold water animal 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-10-30 11:19:00 

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Clavularia borealis = Northern tube coral or northern Clavularia is a cold-water coral that clearly shows that deep-water corals are in no way inferior to their tropical relatives in terms of color!

This Clavularia was discovered in the Norwegian waters of the European North Sea. The small, soft coral forms a creeping growth form with a maximum height of superseded combination
Anthothela grandiflora var. borealis Molander, 1918 · unaccepted (changed combination)

External links

  1. Artsdatabanken (no). Abgerufen am 26.10.2025.
  2. Avoidance and Mitigation of Coral and Sponge Species During Exploratory Drilling Activities Offshore Newfoundland and Labrador (en). Abgerufen am 28.10.2025.
  3. Cold-water coral mounds and reefs off Mauritania and associated megafauna (en). Abgerufen am 28.10.2025.
  4. Cold-water coral reefs and mounds off Mauritania and associated fauna (en). Abgerufen am 26.10.2025.
  5. Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States (en). Abgerufen am 27.10.2025.
  6. Havforskningsinstituttet, mit Angabe einer Wassertiefe von 300 Metern (da). Abgerufen am 27.10.2025.
  7. Natural History Museum of Denmark (en). Abgerufen am 26.10.2025.
  8. Nye Alcyonider, Gorgonider og Pennatulider tilhorende Norges Fauna, Seite VI (en). Abgerufen am 26.10.2025.
  9. PROLIFIC COLD-WATER CORALS AT MORVIN, MID-NORWAY CONTINENTAL SHELF, ARTICLE I: The beautiful purple Anthelia borealis coral (en). Abgerufen am 27.10.2025.
  10. Review of the Central and South Atlantic offshore and deep-sea benthos: Science, policy and management (en). Abgerufen am 28.10.2025.
  11. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, see Anthelia borealis (en). Abgerufen am 28.10.2025.
  12. Vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs), mit Tiefenangabe von 100- 500 Metern, Seite 117 (en). Abgerufen am 27.10.2025.

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