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Myriopathes myriophylla Black coral, Whip black coral

Myriopathes myriophyllais commonly referred to as Black coral, Whip black coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. Marzia Bo, Italien

Foto: Bunaken Marine Park in North Sulawesi, 20 and 30 Meter Tiefe, Wassertemperatur um 26 °C.
Courtesy of the author Dr. Marzia Bo, Italien

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lexID:
11610 
AphiaID:
290436 
Scientific:
Myriopathes myriophylla 
German:
Schwarze Koralle, Dörnchenkoralle 
English:
Black Coral, Whip Black Coral 
Category:
Sea Fans 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Antipatharia (Order) > Myriopathidae (Family) > Myriopathes (Genus) > myriophylla (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Pallas, ), 1766 
Occurrence:
Ambon, Australia, Banda Sea, Celebes Sea, Fiji, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Moluccas, Northern Mariana Islands, Okinawa, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Réunion , South-Africa, Sulawesi, Sulu Sea , Taiwan, The Ryukyu Islands, Tonga, Western Indian Ocean 
Sea depth:
3 - 1244 Meter 
Size:
7.87" - 11.81" (20cm - 30cm) 
Temperature:
3,7 °F - 28,9 °F (3,7°C - 28,9°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Invertebrates, Marine snow, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Only for advanced aquarists 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
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:
2021-10-09 20:25:36 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Myriopathes myriophylla are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Myriopathes myriophylla, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Myriopathes myriophylla, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Myriopathes myriophylla (Pallas, 1766)

Dr. Bo has taken this photo in the Bunaken Marine Park in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, between 20 and 30 m depth, the water temperature was around 26 °C.

Black corals normaly feed on zooplankton, but not exclusively!
Have a brief look to the publications underneath this information:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256487019_First_description_of_algal_mutualistic_endosymbiosis_in_a_black_coral_Anthozoa_Antipitharia
First description of algal mutualistic endosymbiosis in a black coral (Anthozoa: Antipitharia)

http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/10/19/rspb.2010.1681
Azooxanthellate? Most Hawaiiian black corals contain Symbiodinium!

Synonym: Antipathes myriophylla Pallas, 1766

External links

  1. ANTIPATHARIA (BLACK CORALS) FOR THE NEW ZEALAND REGION (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Description of Pseudocirrhipathes (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipathidae), a new genus of whip black corals from the Indo?Pacific (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. Morphological and molecular characterization of the problematic whip black coral genus Stichopathes (Hexacorallia: Antipatharia) from Indonesia (North Sulawesi, Celebes Sea) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Foto: Indonesien

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